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Housebound

Housebound

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Housebound

"Terror gets domesticated."

2014

1h 51m

6.6(935 votes)

Horror

Comedy

Thriller

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.

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New Zealand Film Commission

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Morgana O'Reilly

Morgana O'Reilly

Kylie Bucknell

Rima Te Wiata

Rima Te Wiata

Miriam Bucknell

Glen-Paul Waru

Glen-Paul Waru

Amos

Ross Harper

Ross Harper

Graeme

Cameron Rhodes

Cameron Rhodes

Dennis

Millen Baird

Millen Baird

Officer Grayson

Bruce Hopkins

Bruce Hopkins

Officer Carson

Ryan Lampp

Ryan Lampp

Eugene

Ian Mune

Ian Mune

Judge

Wallace Chapman

Hollis

Creative team

Directed by: Gerard Johnstone
Written by: Gerard Johnstone
Produced by: Luke Sharpe
Ant Timpson

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