Synopsis
Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. Her punishment is made all the more unbearable by the fact she has to live there with her mother Miriam—a well-intentioned blabbermouth who’s convinced that the house is haunted. Kylie dismisses Miriam’s superstitions as nothing more than a distraction from a life occupied by boiled vegetables and small-town gossip. However, when she too becomes privy to unsettling whispers and strange bumps in the night, she begins to wonder whether she’s inherited her overactive imagination, or if the house is in fact possessed by a hostile spirit who’s not particularly thrilled about her return.
Metrics
| Production Budget: | $1,500,000 (worldwide box office is 0.2 times production budget) |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time International Box Office (Rank 15,001-15,100) | 15,036 | $236,863 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 20,701-20,800) | 20,739 | $236,863 |
| All Time International Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 2,801-2,900) | 2,842 | $236,863 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office for Comedy Movies (Rank 3,901-4,000) | 3,971 | $236,863 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 17th, 2014 (Limited) by XLrator Media |
| International Releases: | July 14th, 2023 (Limited), released as Housebound (ハウス・バウンド) (Japan) |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 109 minutes |
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| Keywords: | You Can't Go Home Again, Dysfunctional Family, Haunting, Haunted House, House Arrest, Supernatural, Horror Comedy |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Semi-Professional Pictures, New Zealand Film Commission |
| Production Countries: | New Zealand |
| Languages: | English |