A horror movie with a whopping 95% Rotten Tomatoes score has been hailed as an ‘underrated masterpiece’.
The thriller, titled Housebound, premiered back in 2014 and sees a young woman, Kylie (Morgan O’Reilley) who was placed under house arrest in her childhood home, according to the synopsis.
However, Kylie suspects an evil presence may be hiding within the house.
Directed by Gerard Johnstone, who was also behind the 2023 hit horror film M3gan, Housebound is available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer.
After being around for over a decade, the spine-tingling movie has collected a lot of praise during its time on screens and has an impressive 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fans have raved over the film and even dubbed it ‘pure cinematic gold’, with many taking to the review site to leave their thoughts.
One penned: ‘Such an underrated masterpiece! Housebound is easily in my top 3 favourite movies of all time simply for it’s originality, humour, and unpredictability.
‘I wish I could go back in time and watch it for the first time again. Going from thinking it was a ghost story, to a home invader story, to a this crazy girl is seeing things story, then back again was an absolutely delicious unicorn that almost never happens with todays predicable garbage. Pure cinematic gold.’
‘If you are in the mood for a suspense filled who done it with a splash of dark English humour then you came to the right place. That’s about all I will say other than this. Enjoy.’
While someone else wrote: ‘This movie is the epitome of why i couldn’t sleep alone in the dark or walk home alone at night as a kid.’
‘Such a good film. Well made. New movies have lost their touch. I wish they make more movies exactly like this one. Great great great.’
‘This is the reason I love independent horror movies…One of my favourites I’ve seen the past few years. Awesome!’
But not everyone has been impressed and someone else said: ‘Not sure why people thought it was so funny, or scary, didn’t laugh much at all…it was kind of ridiculous and more surprised I didn’t turn it off.’
It comes as another horror film, titled Longlegs, proved to be a hit with fans too.
Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, Longlegs boasts an impressive rating of 86 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes and has earned more than $100 million at the box office, from a budget of just $10m.
The film was set in the 1990s and followed FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) as she aimed to track down serial killer Longlegs (Nicolas Cage).
The hit movie initially garnered criticism from die-hard horror lovers for not being scary enough, but fans have now taken to social media to describe just how petrifying they found it.
Housebound is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
