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Alternately hilarious, gross, and simply diverting, Housebound is the rare horror-comedy that delivers on both fronts.
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Housebound does ghosts in the walls with the same wacky panache as the recent Wyrmwood did Aussie zombies. Jul 2, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Housebound does ghosts in the walls with the same wacky panache as the recent Wyrmwood did Aussie zombies.
Kate Muir
Johnstone is one to watch. Jul 2, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Johnstone is one to watch.
Mike McCahill
Housebound winningly sticks two fingers up to tired genre persuasions, effecting a barnstorming crowdpleaser populated by people you want to root for and tension you can chew. It's the stuff Friday nights at the movies were made for. Jul 2, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
Housebound winningly sticks two fingers up to tired genre persuasions, effecting a barnstorming crowdpleaser populated by people you want to root for and tension you can chew. It's the stuff Friday nights at the movies were made for.
Matthew Thrift
First-time director Gerard Johnstone may not possess the wild visual invention of his patron Peter Jackson, but he's ruthlessly proficient at old-school scares. Jun 30, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
First-time director Gerard Johnstone may not possess the wild visual invention of his patron Peter Jackson, but he's ruthlessly proficient at old-school scares.
Tom Huddleston
An extremely confident and promising debut. Oct 17, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
An extremely confident and promising debut.
Sheila O'Malley
The mishmash that results is by turns creepy, silly, inventive, darkly funny and, at one point, mind-blowingly bloody. Oct 16, 2014 | Full Review…
The mishmash that results is by turns creepy, silly, inventive, darkly funny and, at one point, mind-blowingly bloody.
Gary Goldstein
As the film gets more outlandish, everything about Housebound begins to feel either borrowed or silly. Sep 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
As the film gets more outlandish, everything about Housebound begins to feel either borrowed or silly.
Nicholas Bell
There's a lot to be said for a low-budget premise that uses its budget as inspiration rather than limitation. Aug 31, 2019 | Full Review…
There's a lot to be said for a low-budget premise that uses its budget as inspiration rather than limitation.
Andrew Todd
It's one of those movies where you will be grateful for a change from the modern every day "scary" movies. Jun 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's one of those movies where you will be grateful for a change from the modern every day "scary" movies.
Shannon McGrew
It is not just in its writing and direction that Housebound excels; the production design is a feast for the eyes. Feb 27, 2019 | Full Review…
It is not just in its writing and direction that Housebound excels; the production design is a feast for the eyes.
Naila Scargill
This film has so much to offer with it's amazing combination of horror and comedy. Oct 7, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
This film has so much to offer with it's amazing combination of horror and comedy.
Zena Dixon
This is a silly film, but it has some serious horror/thriller chops. Jun 21, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
This is a silly film, but it has some serious horror/thriller chops.
Bill Graham
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