him with evidence that he was an intern at the halfway house, he attempts to kill Miriam and Kylie, while incapacitating Amos. Kylie and Miriam flee into the secret tunnels, where they encounter Eugene. Realizing that their paranormal activity has been Eugene all this time, they are at first frightened but realize that he is friendly. Dennis stabs Eugene, knocks out Kylie, and begins to strangle Miriam. Eugene wakes Kylie and hands her a weapon, which she uses to stab Dennis. Eugene throws a switch, and high voltage explodes Dennis' head. Months later, all have recovered, Amos removes Kylie's ankle monitor, and Eugene has seemingly become an accepted (albeit mostly unseen) member of the household. Cast Morgana O'Reilly as Kylie Bucknell Rima Te Wiata as Miriam Bucknell Glen-Paul Waru as Amos Cameron Rhodes as Dennis Ross Harper as Graeme Ryan Lampp as Eugene Mick Innes as Mads Kraglund Bruce Hopkins as Officer Carson Millen Baird as Officer Grayson Wallace Chapman as Mr. Hollis Nikki Si’ulepa as Leslie Ian Mune as Judge Production Johnstone was first inspired to create a horror film after watching Ghosthunters on television and received additional inspiration from classic films such as The Changeling and The Legend of Hell House. While writing the script Johnstone wanted the character of Kylie to be "someone that wouldn't scare easily. That way, when she does finally fall victim to fear, it's much more palpable." He experienced some difficulty in achieving the film's exterior shots of the house, as budgetary issues limited their options of homes and renovations to the exterior of their chosen house during the course of filming also raised some issues. Release Housebound had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on 11 March 2014. Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 95% of 42 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 7.54/10. The site's consensus reads: "Alternately hilarious, gross, and simply diverting, Housebound is the rare horror-comedy that delivers on both fronts." Metacritic rated it 76/100 based on 10 reviews. Hitfix gave it an A and wrote "sometimes at the festival you walk into a room knowing nothing, sit down, and get your skull punched in by a movie that is calibrated perfectly, that knows exactly what it wants to do, and that seems almost unnaturally confident considering it was made by a first-time feature director". Fangoria praised