Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
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.
His House is a genuinely distinctive horror film that uses the genre as a vehicle for exploring refugee trauma, survivor's guilt, and South Sudanese folklore. The plot is thematically rich and emotionally layered, weaving the supernatural dread of an apeth spirit with the psychological horror of displacement and loss. Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku deliver powerful, nuanced performances that anchor the film's emotional weight. Cinematography is competent and effectively unsettling in its contrast between mundane British housing and visceral nightmare imagery, but doesn't quite reach the level of standout visual artistry. The novelty is genuinely high — this is a one-of-a-kind horror film with a singular cultural lens and voice that sets it apart from virtually anything else in the genre. The ending, while emotionally resonant, is somewhat telegraphed and resolves in a way that feels slightly conventional given how boldly original the rest of the film is.