Kylie Bucknell has been in and out of trouble with the law for most of her life. After her latest stint, a failed theft of an ATM machine, Kylie is forced to return to the home she grew up in after the judge places her under house arrest. This is a punishment for Kylie, living with her mother Mariam, a well-intentioned but endlessly talkative maternal figure who has come to believe that her house is haunted by supernatural forces. Kylie dismisses these notions at first, but soon enough she notices strange whispers and noises in the middle of the night herself. Gerard Johnstone's Housebound is a genre-bending horror comedy that's unique in its ability to seamlessly blend together horror and comedy. Housebound is not your typical horror film, using genre conventions to its advantage for comedic purposes in a way that somehow remains effective in its ability to raise suspense and terror. A major reason why this works is the character dynamic between Kylie and her mother Mariam, who couldn't be more different. Kylie isn't your typical horror heroine, being a strong character, while her mother is the opposite, a talkative, submissive type. These two characters are forced to go through this haunted house tale of horrors together, which alone provides a unique story with lots of laughs. Housebound is a film that keeps the viewing guessing, with a lot of twists of turns that do make the film unnecessarily convoluted. That being said, this film has unique character dynamics and a subversive story, making it a worthy entry in a otherwise tired genre.
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