Housebound

Sep 4, 2014

1h 51m

★ 6.6

Terror gets domesticated.

Overview

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Thriller

Production Companies

Semi-Professional

New Zealand Film Commission

Housebound Trailers

Cast

Kylie Bucknell

Morgana O'Reilly

Miriam Bucknell

Rima Te Wiata

Amos

Glen-Paul Waru

Graeme

Ross Harper

Dennis

Cameron Rhodes

Officer Grayson

Millen Baird

Officer Carson

Bruce Hopkins

Eugene

Ryan Lampp

Judge

Ian Mune

Hollis

Wallace Chapman

Kraglund

Mick Innes

Justin

David Van Horn

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