Housebound

Kylie Bucknell (Morgana O'Reilly) 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 (Rima Te Wiata) – a well-intentioned blabbermouth who's convinced Kylie dismisses Miriam's super­stitions as nothing more than a distraction from a life occupied by boiled vegetables & small-town gossip.

However, when she too becomes privy to unsettling whispers & 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 less than happy about the new living arrangement.

Critic Reviews:

• " Housebound does ghosts in the walls with the same wacky panache as the recent Wyrmwood did Aussie zombies. " – Kate Muir

• " Johnstone is one to watch. " – Mike McCahill

• " 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. " – Tom Huddleston