Remi Weekes debut movie, His House, has taken Netflix by storm. It’s a very current story of two Sudanese refugees who are given asylum in Britain but under some oppressive conditions including that they must not work and they must not leave the house which they are assigned. But the couple has brought something with them on their journey and the two are tormented inside the squalid house by ghosts and apparitions who live in the walls but can inflict very real damage on the pair.
His House is social commentary but also an out and out horror. It also uses elements of Sudanese myth as Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) and Bol (Sope Dirisu) are haunted by an ‘apeth’ or ‘night witch’ who has risen from the ocean and pursued the couple, who wants them to atone for their sins.
As the house deteriorates further and further the film leads...
His House is social commentary but also an out and out horror. It also uses elements of Sudanese myth as Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) and Bol (Sope Dirisu) are haunted by an ‘apeth’ or ‘night witch’ who has risen from the ocean and pursued the couple, who wants them to atone for their sins.
As the house deteriorates further and further the film leads...
- 11/4/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Stars: Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Matt Smith, Javier Botet, Yvonne Campbell, Vivienne Soam, Lola May, Kevin Layne | Written by Felicity Evans, Toby Venables, Remi Weekes | Directed by Remi Weekes
Horror is effective when it pulls the audience into an experience. They have to care about the people on the screen and actually want them to be safe. Horror also works best when it works on the fear of the unknown and taps into things that make the audience uncomfortable. This is what makes His House a truly creepy experience.
A refugee couple manage to escape war-torn South Sudan and make their way to the UK. When they are given a place to live in a small English town they should feel safe, but something is lurking beneath the surface of the house they now call home.
It’s not only seasoned horror fans who will make some presumptions...
Horror is effective when it pulls the audience into an experience. They have to care about the people on the screen and actually want them to be safe. Horror also works best when it works on the fear of the unknown and taps into things that make the audience uncomfortable. This is what makes His House a truly creepy experience.
A refugee couple manage to escape war-torn South Sudan and make their way to the UK. When they are given a place to live in a small English town they should feel safe, but something is lurking beneath the surface of the house they now call home.
It’s not only seasoned horror fans who will make some presumptions...
- 11/3/2020
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
The old saying goes: “home is where the heart is.” But what if your heart is rotten and prevents you from leaving the baggage of the past behind? This is the question Remi Week’s new film, His House, aims to answer.
Debuting on Netflix, His House is a mashup of drama and horror that addresses what it’s like to enter a foreign land after escaping a war-torn nation and exploring the desperation to fit into a culture that isn’t your own and the horrors that come with it. The third act stifles the narrative ever so slightly, which prevents this good movie from becoming a great one.
Bol (Sope Dirisu) and Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) have escaped South Sudan to seek asylum in England and want to become citizens. Bol is determined not to go back while Rial is tethered to her native land. Their daughter Nyagak (Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba...
Debuting on Netflix, His House is a mashup of drama and horror that addresses what it’s like to enter a foreign land after escaping a war-torn nation and exploring the desperation to fit into a culture that isn’t your own and the horrors that come with it. The third act stifles the narrative ever so slightly, which prevents this good movie from becoming a great one.
Bol (Sope Dirisu) and Rial (Wunmi Mosaku) have escaped South Sudan to seek asylum in England and want to become citizens. Bol is determined not to go back while Rial is tethered to her native land. Their daughter Nyagak (Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba...
- 10/31/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
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