Housebound
Terror gets domesticated.
HorrorComedyThrillersuperstitionhaunted housefather-in-lawbasementhouse arrestexploding headsecurity guardgarden shearsdentureshome detention
A darkly comedic haunted-house thriller that balances genuine scares with irreverent humor, grounded in the messy intimacy of family dysfunction.
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.
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