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Housebound
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2068
- IMDb #2999
- Rotten Tomatoes #1226
- Metacritic #1051
- Letterboxd #2633
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #447
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2349
- Metacritic Critics #990
- Metacritic Audience #1429
- Criticker #1565
- Kinopoisk #4197
- AlloCiné #3279
- Trakt #3063
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95. Critics average 86, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman is sentenced to house arrest in the childhood home she claims is haunted. Her eccentric mother insists the house is full of spirits, and her court-appointed security guard is a paranormal enthusiast. Initially skeptical, she soon comes to believe the house is indeed haunted, and they team up to investigate its dark history and the malevolent presence within.
Details
- Director
- Gerard Johnstone
- Writer
- Gerard Johnstone
- Released
- 4 September 2014
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 8 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (16) →
Awards & nominations
See all 26 →8 wins from 26 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Nominee | |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2015 | Best Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2015 | Best Limited Release Film | Nominee | |
| Dead by Dawn 2014 | Best Feature Film | Winner | |
| Fright Meter Awards 2014 | Best Screenplay | Nominee | |
| Fright Meter Awards 2014 | Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Fright Meter Awards 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | Winner | |
| Fright Meter Awards 2014 | Best Horror Movie | Nominee |
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