Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives (2023)

"Effective One-Take German Shocker"

One of the best films from Frightfest 2023 gets a Digital release from Blue Finch.

Maria (Nilam Farooq) is heavily pregnant. As the sun is setting she arrives at the isolated country house she and her husband Viktor (David Kross) have bought with the intention of turning it into a Bed and Breakfast. Viktor is still busy at work and so she explores the property alone. In doing so she discovers a secret room in the basement filled with African artefacts and a worrying diary.

But that's not all. She's started bleeding and Viktor's father, a doctor, is on the way to the house to help her. Before he gets there Maria is witness to a horrific incident from the past, and after he arrives things get even worse.

Shot all in one take, HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVIL LIVES, hampered by a somewhat unwieldy title, is actually a supremely creepy ghost story, with some good scares and decent characterisation on an obviously low budget. Worth watching twice to appreciate the skill involved in getting some of the shots, because first time around you'll be too wrapped up in the what's going on. Here's a trailer:

HOME SWEET HOME: WHERE EVILS LIVES is out on Digital from Blue Finch Releasing on Monday 30th September 2024