Housebound 2014

Critics score:
97 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Richard Kuipers, Variety: A marvelously entertaining combo of haunted-house thriller, murder mystery and domestic comedy, Housebound marks a mighty impressive feature bow for Kiwi scripter-helmer-editor Gerard Johnstone. Read more

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: If Housebound is ultimately much more funny than scary, it's because O'Reilly's pugnacious performance runs so counter to the genre's usual treatment of women in peril. Read more

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: A welcome return to quirky Kiwi horror comedy with a juicy payoff. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: The mishmash that results is by turns creepy, silly, inventive, darkly funny and, at one point, mind-blowingly bloody. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: 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. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: Hard to categorize -- horror-comedy? mystery-thriller? -- but lots of fun to watch. Read more