His House (2020)

Original title: His House
Year: 2020
Running time: 93 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Remi Weekes
Screenwriter: Remi Weekes
Music: Roque Baños
Cinematography: Jo Willems
Cast: Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Javier Botet, Emily Taaffe, Andy Gathergood, Kevin Layne, Vivien Bridson, Lola May, Rene Costa, Matt Townsend, Vivienne Soan, Homer Todiwala, John Kamau, Gillian Vassilliou
Producer: Starchild Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, BBC Films, Regency Television (Distributor: Netflix)
Genre: Horror. Drama. Fantasy | Social Drama. Immigration. Supernatural. Haunted Houses
Official Site: https://www.netflix.com/title/81231197
Synopsis / Plot: Follows a young refugee couple who make a harrowing escape from war-torn Sudan but then struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.

Awards: 2020: 4 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), including Best Director

Critics' reviews

"A terrifyingly effective evocation of horrors real and imagined (...) the movie is also a very effective generator of jump scares and nightmarish imagery"

Leslie Felperin: The Hollywood Reporter
"Weekes brilliant debut (...) chillingly observes the effects of dehumanization and disregard, while subverting expectations at every turn."

Rafael Motamayor: The Playlist
"A potent if unbalanced mashup of social-issues polemic and haunted-house horror (...) Beautifully played by Dirisu and Mosaku"

Jessica Kiang: Variety
In Weekes’ vision, which recalls early George Romero and Wes Craven, there are numerous terrors for us to be haunted by, and are all part of a tale that is as thoughtfully executed as it is terrifying.

Nick Allen: rogerebert.com
"A debut as beautiful as it is chilling"

Matt Cipolla: The Film Stage
"An urgent and spine-tingling ghost story about what it means to begin anew in a home that may not want you to live in it."

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"This ghost story is sufficiently frightening, but it’s more accurate to say that His House leaves the viewer unnerved — because of the living, not the dead."

Tim Grierson: Screendaily
"Remi Weekes has constructed a horror film that takes the overstuffed and overfamiliar haunted house subgenre and briefly revitalises it (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Benjamin Lee: The Guardian

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