The Home (2025)

"Entertainingly Gory Horror from the Director of THE PURGE"

James DeMonaco's new film received its UK premiere as the opening movie of Frightfest 2025 and is now on digital release from Signature Entertainment, with a DVD and Blu-ray release to follow.

After the death of his brother when he was 11, the increasingly rebellious Max (Pete Davidson from BODIES BODIES BODIES) earns himself a prison sentence for repeated damage to property. However his foster father is able to have this reduced to community service, the twist being that it's at a residential home for the elderly where Max is to be the new supervisor.

Everything seems normal enough for the first couple of hours but something very strange indeed is happening at Max's new place of employment. Who are the mysterious wheelchair-bound residents of the fourth floor? Why are certain rooms in the basement locked? And why is Max having trouble sleeping?

For the first two thirds of its 97 minute running time THE HOME is evocative of 1980s Italian horror cinema with its frequent grotesque imagery that sometimes is in Max's imagination but at other times definitely isn't. It's in the final act that everything goes pleasingly haywire, but to say any more would be to spoil the fun. THE HOME doesn't quite have the political punch or social commentary of his PURGE movies (although it's definitely there, you just have to dig a little deeper) but it's still an entertaining ride, helped immensely by having some familiar character actors including John Glover (GREMLINS 2 & IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS) and Ethan Phillips (THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR and STAR TREK: VOYAGER) playing some of the inmates of the home. Here's a trailer:

James DeMonaco's THE HOME had its UK premiere at Frightfest 2025, is now on digital from Signature Entertainment, and will have its DVD and Blu-ray release on Monday 29th September 2025