Direction: Remi Weekes
Country: UK
Intelligent in the way it combines refugee drama, cultural clash, loss and supernatural curse, His House is an atmospheric, unhinged horror movie with some minor flaws and major revelations in the plot.
Remi Weekes deserves credit in his strong feature debut, whose story, marked by torment and punishment, counts on taut, grippingly intense performances by Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosako. They play a South Sudan-couple who, after fleeing from their war-ravaged country in a small boat, are given asylum by the English government. However, besides dealing with deep grief due to the loss of their young daughter, they experience horrifying paranormal activity in their new house, located in a sinister suburban town.
Quite a few startles may catch you off-guard, but I found the isolation and emotional detachment to be more disturbing than the horror scenes. Hence, social commentary goes hand-in-glove with spectral abomination here.
