The Home

The Home

Evil never gets old.

Directed by James DeMonaco

Produced by Miramax, Man in a Tree Productions

202595 min6.9 / 10

A dark institutional thriller that weaves personal trauma with systemic horror, using a retirement home as the setting for uncovering buried secrets and moral corruption.

A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.

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Questions people ask

  • Is The Home scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Home easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is The Home sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Home violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does The Home end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

65/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity44

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise90

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like The Home, and what each one shares →

Like The Home

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Home

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Home, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Home, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Home, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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