His House

"When ghosts follow, they never leave."

2020 1h 33m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,282

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Synopsis

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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.

“When ghosts follow, they never leave.”

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Cast

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Bol Majur
Wunmi Mosaku
Rial Majur
Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba
Nyagak
Matt Smith
Mark Essworth
Javier Botet
The Witch
Yvonne Campbell
South Sudanese Woman
Vivienne Soan
Neighbour
Lola May
Nyagak's Mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Remi Weekes
Writers: Remi Weekes, Adam Pescott, Toby Venables
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Remi Weekes, shot by Jo Willems. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Roque Baños. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Julia Bloch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Wunmi Mosaku and Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When ghosts follow, they never leave.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt8508734 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Remi Weekes directs. Jo Willems behind the camera. Roque Baños scores. Julia Bloch cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 6 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
3Directed by Remi Weekes, shot by Jo Willems. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Roque Baños. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Julia Bloch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Wunmi Mosaku and Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "When ghosts follow, they never leave.".
8IMDB entry: tt8508734 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)", "drowning", "refugee", "supernatural".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jo Willems
Original score: Roque Baños
Editing: Julia Bloch
Production design: Jacqueline Abrahams
Costume design: Holly Rebecca
Makeup / hair: Chris Lyons
Sound: Richard Pryke
Stunt coordinator: Marc Cass
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: His House (2020)

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Repo Jack2020-11-03
★ 8/10
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.
chiefbrody20012021-10-05
★ 7/10
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. <a href="https://www.top10films.co.uk/67374-review-his-house-a-smart-chilling-contemporary-horror/">His House</a> 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 <a href="https://www.top10films.co.uk/67374-review-his-house-a-smart-chilling-contemporary-horror/">Top 10 Films</a>].
CinemaSerf2024-10-25
★ 6/10
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.