wesleydlugosz
I rarely if ever write a review but I watch an insane amount of movies as I have MS and am housebound.
This movie has inspired me to at last do a review or give my opinion.I have watched many a "Home Invasion" movie.
This one was different ,which is always good it kept my interest from start to finish and had me hanging on to see what would happen next.
I was so into this movie I needed to go to toilet at one stage and forgot I could just pause it , so I held on till the end for about 45 more minutes.
That is how engrossed in the movie I was.My 2 favorite Home Invasion style movies in recent years are "Hush" and "The Strangers"
I rate this movie up there with those 2.
Like Hush it has an added element to it.
The main star being agoraphobic was fun to watch and how the movie turned from her seeming to be scared for her life and a helpless pretty young woman, to at times a heartless in control maniacal crazy person.
I loved it.
I liked how they tied in the story about her brother, they could of mentioned more about her father early on before the brother died.
The movie had me yelling out to my brother saying you must watch this.
I watch basically only Horror/Thriller/Drama/Supernatural movies. So for me to give a 10 I must be moved by it and find self wanting to talk to people about it. This movie gave me that feeling.I did kind of want to see Rory Culkin's character not leave at the end or leave with the Lead as he seemed to have a crush on her. It was a oh no moment when he popped up in the middle of the film. Like oh no you.
You go from feeling sorry for Charlotte to wondering how many people has she played these crazy games with.
She was good at portraying to the bad guys that she was helpless even so much that she could not bring self to call the police but then you see the tables turn. In the end I would of liked to have seen her struggle still to leave the house after setting the fire. Instead of walking out so fine. Like her illness was just released all of a sudden and she felt normal.
As with a lot of movies it finishes making you wonder what happened next. Did she walk off away free and start a life elsewhere, did the Police pick her up on the road somewhere or did she take the bad guys vehicle and drive off somewhere. All in all I cannot recommend this enough. It never got boring and was fun to watch throughout.
A must see for all .
maariahupsha
Very interesting premise and this is definitely a watchable film. The acting isn't overtly bad, it's actually decent, but I just felt it didn't fulfil what films with similar premises (e.g you're next) did. As stated in the title, this felt more like a thriller than a horror, to some extent comparable to gone girl - in terms of the questionable/morally grey protagonist. Would I recommend? Yes. It doesn't quite go to the places a solid 7+ rating would achieve, but nevertheless an engaging and enjoyable psychological thriller
Nigel P
Beth Riesgraf is excellent as agoraphobic Anna, who has spent years looking after her dying brother Conrad. On the day of his funeral, three men forcibly enter her home, believing her to be away. They intend to rob Anna of the money she has stashed away in the house, a detail revealed to them by Dan (Rory Culkin – MaCauley's brother), who delivered food to Anna.Toying with her and her illness, Perry (Martin Starr) throws her outside the house, where she panics and almost has a seizure. Little gestures like Anna self-consciously pulling her skirt over her knees after she has involuntarily wet herself really endear her plight to us. The thugs are hateful, as is the duplicitous Dan, but it isn't until Perry casually bludgeons Anna's pet canary to death that we are really clamouring for his suffering.We are given plenty of reasons to spur Anna on to kill these low-lives. Apart from Perry and the slimy Dan, the 'leader' is convincing hard-man JP (Jack Kesy) and right hand Vance (Joshua Mikel). Bad enough they strive to rob someone who is at the funeral (they think) of the long-suffering brother they have cared for, but the powerful acting gives them an extra edge of nastiness. Their inevitable demises are, if anything, not horrible enough.The house, in which the whole thing is set, provides an effective maze-like prison for them all as they begin to realise that Anna's intimate knowledge of the place has its advantages, and the building, it seems, has secrets of its own.This is another 'home invasion' project, where the comforts of a familiar environment are turned on their head upon the arrival of uninvited 'others'. Although the format itself may be limiting, it clearly works if used well and interspersed with interesting, well-defined and finely acted characters and sinister dilemmas. Happily, this is one such film.
