The Home
Seen it?2025 | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 39 on Metacritic and a box office flop, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and horror fans. If you loved Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte or Barbarian, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
39 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.9 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$1 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 181K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by James DeMonaco
- Pete DavidsonMax
- John GloverLou
- MuggaJuno
- Adam CantorLes
- Bruce AltmanDoc Sabian
- Denise BurseSadie
- Stuart RudinScreaming Man
- Ethan PhillipsEthan
- Nathalie SchmidtEllie
- Mary Beth PeilNorma