Housebound

Housebound

Terror gets domesticated.

2014•1h 51m•6.6/10

HorrorComedyThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(899)

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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Production

Semi-Professional, New Zealand Film Commission

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Mick Innes

Mick Innes

Kraglund

David Van Horn

David Van Horn

Justin

Nikki Si'ulepa

Nikki Si'ulepa

Leslie

Kitty Riddell

Elizabeth Chalmers

Lila Sharp

Young Kylie (Voice)

Louise Mills

Fitness Host

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