It is the story of a girl named Kelly Bucknell who seems to be forced to live in a house that always has strange whispers in permanent darkness. Kelly believes this is because of her imagination but it is not true, as a group of ghosts appear at home that they absolutely do not like.
First-time writer-director Johnstone's ingenious script consistently wrong-foots the audience and shifts from one subgenre to another without ever once losing its grip on the comedic elements. It's creepy, tense and scary.
There's still plenty to enjoy about Housebound, especially with a crowd.
AV Club
October 16, 2014
If Housebound is ultimately much more funny than scary, it's because O'Reilly's pugnacious performance runs so counter to the genre's usual treatment of women in peril.
First-time director Gerard Johnstone may not possess the wild visual invention of his patron Peter Jackson, but he's ruthlessly proficient at old-school scares.
