Don't Leave Home

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Don't Leave Home

Released Sep 14, 2018

1h 26m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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An American artist's obsession with a disturbing urban legend leads her to an investigation of the story's origins at the crumbling estate of a reclusive painter in Ireland.

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Chad Jones

San Francisco Chronicle

A mild-mannered Irish-set drama that never quite manages to be scary or exciting.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 19, 2018

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Geoff Berkshire

Los Angeles Times

Horror buffs can do a lot worse and thanks to the rise of video on demand, the title perfectly describes the ideal viewing experience.

Sep 14, 2018

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Josh Kupecki

Austin Chronicle

Don't Leave Home's elliptical tone is pitch perfect.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 13, 2018

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Sarah Brinks

Battleship Pretension

Don't Leave Home was never dark or scary enough to draw me in, or even weird enough to peak my interest. It was just confusing, vague, and ultimately disappointing.

Dec 10, 2020

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

Don't Leave Home never finds a way to strike a balance between the real and the surreal.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 16, 2019

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Kimberley Elizabeth

Nightmare on Film Street

Don't Leave Home is ominous, eerie, and a mystery worth-unraveling.

Apr 10, 2019

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Brian M

Pretty creepy gothic story that can get a little heavy-handed with uncanny elements, which vary from effective and trippy to outlandish. The mystery is pretty well done for the most part and is complemented by appropriately gothic settings and a really moody score. Towards the end it seems as though the movie doesn’t really know what it’s trying to say or how to say it—you can only ask the audience to infer so much from a series of dissolves. Nonetheless, the final scene is cool and chilling. Not too shabby, overall!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Hadassah C

The only thing that made me keep watching this boring train wreck of a movie was the nostalgia it brought me. It felt like a Sunday afternoon when I was a child watching movies with my mom. It definitely had a vintage feel to it. The story itself was lacking, the execution was slow and sleepy.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/23

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Larry J

Reminded me of a variety of movies where if an offer seems to good to be true, you may be in danger. Good acting. Suspenseful.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/23/23

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Audience Member

Once upon a time it was the grubby fingered vulgarians in Hollywood that reliably vomited up anti-Catholic crap, but it seems the Irish have now taken over. Writer/Director Michael Tully proves himself a poor Colm Tóibín wannabe with this pathetic potshot against the Virgin Mary. Achingly slow, exceedingly dull and filled with obvious ripoffs of much better movies (Hereditary made miniature dioramas terrifying, here they are simply silly) Don't Leave Home should have been called Don't Even Bother.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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I don’t even know where to begin with this. This is truly one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t make sense and the acting is AWFUL. This contains about the worst acting I’ve ever seen. It’s not scary at all, and I can’t tell you what even happened. The movie poster is very misleading, and whoever was in charge with the music score needs a lot of work. The music is very amateurish and obnoxious

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/20/20

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Audience Member

Brilliant setup and 2/3 of the way through it gets really interesting. Then, it falls flat on its face. Fun enough I guess but hardly recommended.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/12/20

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Synopsis

An American artist's obsession with a disturbing urban legend leads her to an investigation of the story's origins at the crumbling estate of a reclusive painter in Ireland.

Director: Michael Tully
Producer: Jeffrey Allard, Walter S. Hall, Ryan Zacarias
Screenwriter: Michael Tully
Distributor: Cranked Up Films
Production Co: Subotica Entertainment, Indie Entertainment, Good Deed Entertainment, Salem Street Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2018
Runtime: 1h 26m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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