Homebound

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Homebound

Released May 13, 2022

1h 11m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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A twisted psychological thriller, Homebound follows Holly (Aisling Loftus), a young woman who travels with her new husband (Tom Goodman-Hill) to meet his estranged family, only to find his ex-wife is missing and the children behaving in strange ways.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Throughout, Loftus gives a gripping performance as a woman desperate to make a good impression on a family that may be evil.

May 15, 2022

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Leigh Monson

AV Club

'Homebound' is nominally watchable–its short runtime certainly makes its predictability all the more forgivable–but it’s such a shallow experience that it’s instantly forgettable.

Rated: D+

May 8, 2022

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Homebound is a domestic psychodrama, but buried somewhere in its texture is a tragedy or perhaps a crime whose precise outline remains an enigma.

Apr 1, 2022

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Jeremy Aspinall

Radio Times

The film is too enigmatic for its own good, undercooking the suspense and leaving us desiring a bit more meat on the bone.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 20, 2024

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Brandon Zachary

CBR

While Homebound features some solid acting and dreamlike direction, it's let down by a script that trades depth and development for briskness.

Jun 1, 2022

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

Unfortunately, the ominous atmosphere built up in this ultra-slim 71-minute psychodrama’s earlier moments dissipates into predictability.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 19, 2022

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Isabel H

No story line, no plot. NOT a horror film at all. Confused.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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Stuart R

It just seems like horror films with this kind of a setup always seem to go in the same direction. 🍀

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/30/24

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Karen R

Good cinematography; well acted - cutting issues etc possibly to shorten to time... lots of 'why' moments not explained but still enjoyable enough...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/24

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Gaynor F

Imagine someone promising to tell you an exciting story and you sitting there with baited breath eagerly awaiting the tale- and then it stops abruptly at ‘Once upon a time…' That's exactly what Homebound did to me! All the right questions are asked through the convincing acting, the eerie setting of the shadowy old mansion, the expectant mood… Is the father evil? Or was the mother? What happened to the children's innocence? What's with the alcohol to the kids and the children slaying the duck? Where's their mother? Brilliant! And then it's like the writer of this movie script suddenly got called to dinner smack bang in the middle of it all - and quickly scribbled in: ‘The End!'

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Kiya F

This movie started off great, the actors were passionate and believable. The ending was dreadful, I expected more and was left with so many potholes and unanswered questions.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/25/23

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Chester

{Possible Spoilers} This movie exaggerates and plays upon the apprehension that a person has when meeting their boyfriend's/girlfriend's or husband's/wife's family for the first time. What will they be like? Will they accept me? From the beginning, I could tell that the new husband was a creepy 'James Cameron' type and the young wife was kind of wide-eyed and oblivious. These country English mansions are always a good setting for a thriller because they are so old and isolated- a person in trouble can't easily get help. I had an inkling as to what happened to the childrens's mother...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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A twisted psychological thriller, Homebound follows Holly (Aisling Loftus), a young woman who travels with her new husband (Tom Goodman-Hill) to meet his estranged family, only to find his ex-wife is missing and the children behaving in strange ways.

Director: Sebastian Godwin
Producer: Hugo Godwin, Emma Parsons
Screenwriter: Sebastian Godwin
Distributor: Brainstorm Media
Production Co: SUMS Film and Media, Microwave, Sharp House, BFI Film Fund, East Green Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 13, 2022
Runtime: 1h 11m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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