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DramaHorror

His House

- When ghosts follow, they never leave.

After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.

Release Date : 2020-01-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Regency PicturesBBC FilmStarchild PicturesVertigo Entertainment

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sope Dirisu

Character Name : Bol Majur

Original Name : Sope Dirisu

Gender : Male

Wunmi Mosaku

Character Name : Rial Majur

Original Name : Wunmi Mosaku

Gender : Female

Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba

Character Name : Nyagak

Original Name : Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba

Gender : Male

Matt Smith

Character Name : Mark Essworth

Original Name : Matt Smith

Gender : Male

Javier Botet

Character Name : The Witch

Original Name : Javier Botet

Gender : Male

Yvonne Campbell

Character Name : South Sudanese Woman

Original Name : Yvonne Campbell

Gender : Female

Vivienne Soan

Character Name : Neighbour

Original Name : Vivienne Soan

Gender : Female

Lola May

Character Name : Nyagak's Mother

Original Name : Lola May

Gender : Male

Kevin Layne

Character Name : The Cameroonian

Original Name : Kevin Layne

Gender : Male

Maureen Casey

Character Name : Detention Custody Officer

Original Name : Maureen Casey

Gender : Male

Homer Todiwala

Character Name : Iraqi Man

Original Name : Homer Todiwala

Gender : Male

Dominic Coleman

Character Name : Lead Officer

Original Name : Dominic Coleman

Gender : Male

Sally Plumb

Character Name : Secondary Officer

Original Name : Sally Plumb

Gender : Female

Roland Manookian

Character Name : Barber

Original Name : Roland Manookian

Gender : Male

Andy Gathergood

Character Name : Church Man

Original Name : Andy Gathergood

Gender : Male

Rasaq Kukoyi

Character Name : William

Original Name : Rasaq Kukoyi

Gender : Male

Gamba Cole

Character Name : George

Original Name : Gamba Cole

Gender : Male

Bradley Banton

Character Name : Phillip

Original Name : Bradley Banton

Gender : Male

Emily Taaffe

Character Name : Dr. Hayes

Original Name : Emily Taaffe

Gender : Female

Ian Horgan

Character Name : Adam 'CIS'

Original Name : Ian Horgan

Gender : Male

Perry Warner

Character Name : Burly Officer

Original Name : Perry Warner

Gender : Male

Mevis Birungi

Character Name : Aid Worker

Original Name : Mevis Birungi

Gender : Male

John Kamau

Character Name : Aid Worker #2

Original Name : John Kamau

Gender : Male

Destiny Okoh

Character Name : Smuggler

Original Name : Destiny Okoh

Gender : Male

Steven Blakeley

Character Name : Suit #1

Original Name : Steven Blakeley

Gender : Male

Tabitha Wady

Character Name : Suit #2

Original Name : Tabitha Wady

Gender : Female

Kyna Boyle

Character Name : Teenage Girl

Original Name : Kyna Boyle

Gender : Male

Julius Reuben

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Julius Reuben

Gender : Male

Lanre Olagoke

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Lanre Olagoke

Gender : Male

Adwoa Brown

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Adwoa Brown

Gender : Male

Mark Gooden

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Mark Gooden

Gender : Male

Rita Laker-Acaye

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Rita Laker-Acaye

Gender : Male

Simon Akinwunmi

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Simon Akinwunmi

Gender : Male

Mikey Adewunmi

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Mikey Adewunmi

Gender : Male

Yasmine Smith

Character Name : Ghost

Original Name : Yasmine Smith

Gender : Male

Cornell John

Character Name : The Witch (voice)

Original Name : Cornell John

Gender : Male

Aliyah Sesay

Character Name : Nyagak (voice)

Original Name : Aliyah Sesay

Gender : Male

Vivien Bridson

Character Name : The Queen (uncredited)

Original Name : Vivien Bridson

Gender : Male

Scott Michael Wagstaff

Character Name : The Creature (uncredited)

Original Name : Scott Michael Wagstaff

Gender : Male

Ty Hurley

Character Name : Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Ty Hurley

Gender : Male

Rene Costa

Character Name : Pub Hooligan (uncredited)

Original Name : Rene Costa

Gender : Male

Marie Hamm

Character Name : Council Estate Resident (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Hamm

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Repo Jack

@repojack

2021-06-23

A power-house debut from Remi Weekes, deftly balancing social commentary with old school horror (and for once, without zombies). The movie pulls you inside the life of a Sudanese refugee couple assigned to an apartment in London after a harrowing escape via boat from their home country. In addition to the nightmare of their experience, they’ve got a potential poltergeist. Movies often face-plant while struggle to convey what is real, a dream, a backstory, or something else. "His House" weaves these shifts expertly. And you will not see the twist coming in the last act. Here's hoping Remi Weekes joins Ari Aster and Robbert Eggers, bringing horror to a new level of intellectual freakiness.

C

chiefbrody2001

@chiefbrody2001

2021-10-25

A glimpse of the horrors faced by refugees escaping war-torn countries for a better life in Britain is provocatively probed in this stylish supernatural horror film from talented writer-director Remi Weekes. **His House** unexpectedly blends the anxiety, confusion and alienation felt by a pair of asylum seekers from South Sudan with a nightmarish malevolence born from dark magic and folklore. [_Read my full review on Top 10 Films_].

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-10-25

When "Bol" (Sope Dirisu) and his wife "Rial" (Wunmi Mosaku) arrive in the UK after fleeing their war-torn home in South Sudan, they are given leave to remain whilst their case is further investigated, and housed in an ordinary - if a bit run down - housing estate. Helped by their case worker "Mark" (Matt Smith) they are given the basic essentials to get by, but as their stay becomes more extended they struggle to fit into a community that is at best disinterested, at worst a bit hostile - all whilst they start to believe that their new home is possessed! Things quite literally start going bump in the night and the couple begin to wonder if this has something to do with their ancestors, or perhaps the spirits of the folks they left behind to face the uncertainty. It's those last scenarios that we see expressed through dreams and flashbacks and that give us a clue as to just what horrors they escaped. Question is, though: are there now even greater horrors here for them now? At times this can be quite a compelling look at the psychology of people caught between two stools. Not fitting where they now are, not fitting where they once were. The cultural challenges they face now, though, aren't really developed and I found the characterisation of the ultra-tolerant "Mark" a little hard to believe, especially as the hunt for their ethereal nemesis starts to manifest itself in ways that become a little too surreal. Indeed, that's maybe the problem with this. It's trying to combine social and political points, but there's nowhere near enough punch from the dialogue and any message is bogged down in a confused hybrid of their supernatural experiences and the reality of their new British life. It can't have had much of a budget but that needn't have mattered had director Remi Weekes focussed more on keeping the story tight and on developing the characters a little more. It invites us to sympathise based on what he presumes are our own moral standards rather than present us with anything or anybody that's especially interesting. As ever, Smith completely underwhelms and though Mosaku offers us some emotional oomph, the rest of this is disappointingly unremarkable.