Movie · 2025 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 1h 35m · R · English
Curator score: 0.8/10 (31.7K ratings)
Evil never gets old.
Overview
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.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.8/10
IMDb: 5.5/10
Letterboxd: 2.55/5
Metacritic: 39
TMDB: 6.8/10
Director
James DeMonaco
Production
Miramax, Man in a Tree Productions
Cast
Pete Davidson, John Glover, Mugga, Adam Cantor, Bruce Altman, Denise Burse, Stuart Rudin, Ethan Phillips, Nathalie Schmidt, Mary Beth Peil, Victor Williams, Marilee Talkington, Jessica Hecht, Michael Donaldson, Cali DeMonaco, Linder Sutton, Jagger Nelson, Juliet Huddy, Matthew Miniero, Jayden Curry
Where to watch
Hulu
Curator Review
Verdict
A messy but occasionally effective horror-thriller with a strong late-game payoff. The premise leans into creepy institutional dread, foster-care trauma, and a campy, increasingly unhinged tone, but the execution is uneven and often feels undercooked until the final stretch.
Best for
Viewers who enjoy flawed horror movies with a big third-act swing
Fans of creepy old-building mysteries and sinister-care-home settings
People open to camp, tonal whiplash, and B-movie energy
Audiences who don’t mind a weak first hour if the ending lands
Skip if
You want tight plotting and consistent suspense
You’re allergic to camp or tonal chaos
You expect a polished, performance-driven horror lead
You prefer horror that stays grounded and subtle
Overview
The Home is the kind of horror movie that seems to be running on fumes for much of its runtime, then suddenly remembers what it wants to be. The setup is familiar but effective: a damaged outsider enters a decaying institution, and the building itself becomes a pressure cooker for secrets, rot, and buried identity trauma. That fourth-floor mystery gives the film its best hook, even when the script feels clumsy or obvious.
Worth noting
What keeps it watchable is the atmosphere and the willingness to go weird. The movie clearly wants to be a mix of social unease, body-horror-adjacent grotesquerie, and late-stage camp, and the audience response suggests the ending is where it finally clicks. Before that, though, it can feel flat, repetitive, and oddly detached from its own emotional stakes.
Bottom line
If you’re in the mood for a horror-thriller that plays like a rough draft of a much better movie, this can still be a decent ride. It’s more interesting as a strange, messy artifact than as a fully satisfying genre piece, but the final stretch gives it just enough personality to avoid being a total write-off.
Top Letterboxd reviews
bananasandblow (4★) · 1033 likes
The last 10 minutes redeem the first 80 in a way I have never before witnessed.
allain♡ · 632 likes
of all people to drain their essence from, they chose pete davidson… bro looked drained already like c’mon now
danny (1★) · 514 likes
so no poopy diaper?
Kylo (2.5★) · 459 likes
Pete Davidson meets horror with the enthusiasm of someone waiting for their Uber.
Haunted Hippie (2.5★) · 365 likes
Everyone wants to have their goddamn naked old people A24 moment and not everyone should get one!