Housebound (Blu-ray)

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Funny, suspenseful and freighted with fright bombs, Housebound could easily be the most energising fun youve ever had at a New Zealand movie. Its a sensational debut for writer/director/editor Gerard Johnstone (The Jacquie Brown Diaries). A beat ahead of the savviest audience, he steers his film through variations of gothic horror and domestic comedy with the assurance of a genre-morphing native. Morgana OReilly, her scowling face firing off at least 50 shades of pissed off, is Kylie, the awesomely delinquent heroine. Sentenced by the court to eight months home detention, and fitted with an ankle tracker to ensure she stays there, shes set to make life hell for her mother, Miriam an epitome of chirpy blather and assaulted propriety in Rima Te Wiatas hilarious performance. Hearing Miriam on talk radio confiding her anxieties about a supernatural presence in the house which sure looks like it should have one seems like the last straw for Kylie. Need we say that events in the attic will prove that Miriams not the total dick her daughter says she is? Johnstones pleasure in drawing unexpected notes from his excellent cast is infectious. Glen-Paul Waru is a dead-serious wonder as Amos, the probation officer who has a pro bono side line in ghost-busting, while Cameron Rhodes nails it as Kylies sanctimonious counsellor.

Year: 2014

Genre: Comedy, Horror Movies, New Zealand Film, Film Festivals 2014

Country: NZ

Director: Gerard Johnstone

Starring: Rima Te Wiata, Ryan Lampp, Mick Innes, Morgana O'Reilly, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Harper, Cameron Rhodes, Bruce Hopkins, Wallace Chapman, Millen Baird, David Van Horn, Nikki Si'Ulepa

Duration: 107 Minutes

Rating: R13 - Violence, Horror Scenes and Offensive Language

6.8/10

Location in store: New Zealand Film

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