Housebound (2014)

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	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Gerard Johnstone
	Actors: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru
	Country: NZ
	Genre: Comedy, Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 11.09.2014, CINEMA theater, MFFF2014
Synopsis: A young delinquent (O'Reilly) is condemned to home detention for eight month with her mother (Te Wiata). The occurrence of strange events in the house intensifies with the girl's come back.
Review: Yet another horror comedy, actually not as funny as I thought it would be but this doesn't mean it is a bad movie. I was tired when watching the movie and feared its 109 minutes, but the succession of events makes it pleasant to follow (with the right amount of twists), the mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the story is nicely put in place, and the comedy moments (often around the funny mother) arrive always just in time to relax the tension. Not extraordinary but a new view at the haunted house myth, Housebound won the H.R Giger "Narcisse" Award at the NIFFF20214.
Rating: 6 /10