The Home

Skoglund’s mightily impressive second feature astutely sidesteps the trappings of big noisy possession pics. This adaptation of Mats Strandberg’s 2018 novel delivers dread and terror in subtle and surprising ways. Unease hovers from the moment the unhappy, hard-drinking Joel returns to the town he left years ago. With his mother Monika battling dementia, the time has come to place her in an aged care home. But when Monika starts to experience horrifying visions connected to her troubled past, the other residents begin to exhibit extremely disturbing behaviour. This expertly crafted exercise in sustained menace achieves the not inconsiderable feat of being terrifying and deeply affecting in the same breath.

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