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The East German Stasi guy on here screaming "Propaganda!" would also find The Exorcist offensive because of its reference to religion. Calm down buddy. This is a good movie. I think people are reading too much into it, but it scared the heck out of me. I like movies that don't overdo it with the scare tactics; they generally come off as cliche, and I can usually tell what's going to happen before it does. I liked the straightforwardness of this one, and the twist at the end took me completely by surprise. It was very unexpected. Worth watching!

Yesterday a Christian followed me to my Facebook page to let me know that I'd upset him by being critical of the church in one of my reviews. If you're reading this, best stop now.

Home is a horror starring Heather "Nightmare on Elm Street" Lagenkamp and mid 90's pop star Samantha Mumba. If you choose to watch the movie for them however then don't as they are not the stars here and are not present for the majority of the film. If you choose to watch the film because of the undead girl on the cover then again don't bother, that is on screen for literally about 1 second of the 90 minute duration.

It tells the story of a married lesbian couple and their daughters who move into a new reportedly haunted house. When they go away leaving the older daughter to babysit the younger things go terribly wrong.

Truth is the film got my interest early on, I like Lagenkamp and the movie was setting up be something interesting. Alas the film has a strong opening, a boring middle and a baffling weak finale.

The featured review at time of writing this refers to the film as propaganda. This term gets thrown around a lot on IMDB, generally when a movie involves themes the person doesn't like. Here the person claims that it is anti-gay and anti-secular and I can confidently say it really really isn't. How the person reached this conclusion I cannot get my head around, clearly he looked for something that just wasn't there.

Home could have been great but weak writing, lack of originality, a boring middle and terrible cgi at the end damaged it beyond repair.

The Good:

Heather Lagenkamp

The Bad:

Bad cgi

Dishonest cover

Head scratching finale

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

No sex before marriage doesn't apply if you're horny

It's 2018 and filmmakers still don't think the cross falling off the wall thing is a tad old

When frisky guys often play with dolls

I don't get the really low average score... it's a reasonable horror. A couple of jumpy bits, nothing particularly original, but an ok movie to watch on your subscription service. The teacher should stick to teaching and not acting as he's rather wooden.

Worth a punt if there's nothing else to watch!

It's no Insidious or The Conjuring, but this movie delivers! It starts off slow, and at first it's not clear where the movie is heading. Is it a ghost story? A possession story? Is there social commentary, and if so, is it something I'd like or not like? After the first half hour or so, amidst an atmosphere of gathering dread, things get rolling and the characters seem to be moving forward in adjusting to a difficult situation not of their choosing. Then, the story takes an abrupt turn this reviewer never saw coming!

The acting is generally good, as you might expect with veteran scream queen Heather Langenkamp on board. The lead, Kerry Knuppe, is a joy to watch. (Aaron the boyfriend, however, is somewhat underwhelming.)

Not showing Christianity in a bad light may not be everyone's cup of tea--which might explain why this movie currently has such a bad rating. If this is a requirement, don't bother. If it's not a problem, though, Home is definitely worth a look.

I wasn't sure where we were going with this movie- but I honestly didn't mind. My big con to the movie is that I thought heather and Samantha would have a stronger presence in the movie. I understand they wanted to share the screen with an Original Scream Queen, and someone possibly up and coming, but I didn't even really like Carrie's character all that much to care about her. But just getting a chance to see Samantha Mumba and Heather L on screen was enough for me