Category: Home Invasion

Do you feel safe at home? If you do, perhaps you should stay away from this subgenre. You may never feel safe again. With movies such as Funny Games (1997/2007), Them (2006), The Strangers (2008), You’re Next (2011), Don’t Breathe (2016) and the copious supply of slasher movies, I wouldn’t blame you.

Deadly Home (2015) Review

This is one of two movies named Deadly Home (as well as Intruders and Shut In) that was released in 2015. I prefer this one though, to be honest. Anna Rook has been suffering with agoraphobia for the last ten years after her father's passing. She is caring for her sick brother when he dies, … Continue reading Deadly Home (2015) Review →

Hush (2016) Review

Maddie is an author who lives in the middle of nowhere with her cat. She lost her ability to hear and speak at the age of 13 due to contracting meningitis. One night, her neighbour, Sarah is chased to Maddie's home by a masked killer. Sarah bangs on Maddie's windows for help but since she … Continue reading Hush (2016) Review →

The Strangers (2008) Review

This is another movie that claims to be based on fact. The idea was inspired by two incidents (according to the director himself) : When director and scriptwriter Bryan Bertino was a child, his parents where at a party, leaving him and his sister alone at their house in a remote neighbourhood. Some people knocked … Continue reading The Strangers (2008) Review →