A young married couple comes home from a date night to discover that they are imprisoned in their own house with a methodical killer inside.Very slow build up while the dude is alone in the house. Directed so that you don't see his face as he roams from room to room getting the lay of the land.The entire front end is creepy. Then the people come home and the tension is high. Especially the entire scene where the wife is in the shower.T this point we were about a little more than a third into the film so I wondered where the movie was going to take us when mommy gets in the cheerleader outfit.Let's just say it doesn't go well.Much of the last quarter of the film is relatively predictable. And how could it be otherwise? It's hard to pull off this kind of film in a unique way. But they get points for trying. And guess what? They pull off the surprise ending of the century.

I'm disappointed that I watched this film. The characters are flat. There's no sympathy generated for the protagonists. The antagonist has no motive, no character, no redeeming qualities. In the end, I was hoping everyone would end up dead.The only redeeming feature of the film is the soundtrack because of the blues of Big Bill Broonzy. In the end I was listening to the music and playing a video game because the film couldn't hold my attention any longer.Spoilers start here ------------------------>There was so much potential for this film to go somewhere with the conflict between the husband and mother-in-law or the husband and wife, but it fell flat. The story is contrived. A married couple have been picked up and dropped into a house in the countryside. They have a kid, but conveniently enough the kid is at the grandparents' house for the evening.We hear a voice message from the sheriff following up on a strange trespasser at the beginning of the film. Instead of telling us, the writer would have done better to show us. Give us a day or two with the couple before bringing them home from a date and killing them for 40 minutes. Let us see them having an argument, having sex, laughing, or sleeping or doing something that normal people do.I'm not sure what role the child played in the film. It wasn't handled in a way that made me as a viewer say, "Hey, wait, don't make the baby an orphan."I feel that the movie is billed as being about a couple, but it's not about them. It's really about the killer. We see his preparation, his voyeurism, and in the end his switch from psychotic killer to wounded small town sheriff here to save the day. Unfortunately, what we don't see is personality in any form. Is he a sociopath? Is he married? Is he an only child? Did he start fires and wet the bed as a kid? There are ways to tell a story without having to increase the cast (read cost) of production. I just wish there'd been more. This is a decent flash fiction story that could be told in 500 words or less, but it just didn't make it for a movie this long.

"Home Sweet Home" is nice take on the "Home Invasion" genre. The film is structured quite differently than most other horror films. The beginning of this film is a lengthy and quite creepy sequence where the villain breaks into the home, checks it out, and settles in for the evening. There is real tension for the return of the owners and they do show up -- a young married couple coming home after an evening at the theater. They settle in briefly and then the uninvited guest makes his appearance known..."Home Sweet Home" is way more effective than you'd expect. Part of it is the structure -- unlike many horror film, it doesn't spend 45 minutes making us try to know the victims. I know filmmakers to this in an attempt to make us like the victims and not want bad things to happen to them, but all too often it just makes them annoying. This film does it right -- the entire home invasion concept is enough to make us fear for the couple, and when they prove, after a brief time, to be a pleasant enough couple then BAM! It's on!Lots to like about this flick. Unlike so many horror films, this film is well-lit and you can clearly see everything that is happening. The acting is outstanding all around. Much of the film is centered around the psycho versus the wife, and the actors nail it. Shaun Benson, in a virtually silent role, is creepy as the invader. And Meghan Heffern is wonderful as the terrorized wife -- you can really feel the fear. Many of the questions that you think are going to be left dangling are answered in a clever ending, so that means that from its creepy unconventional beginning to its shocking ending "Home Sweet Home" is a success.Greatest flick ever? Nope. But definitely worth checking out.

The first 20 minutes of this film are incredibly tasteful. I can't stress how perfect the shots and camera angles are. As you watch, you can feel the fear building up inside you. The stress of the situation just completely floods your brain as you watch and wait for whatever your imagination can come up with. And then, all of a sudden, I saw the cheerleading outfit. I started to remember the trailer I posted for this film about a month ago and my excitement for fear quickly faded. But I kept watching… First off, the dude's mask, not gonna lie, pretty creepy. Secondly, the scenes with the killer doing his thing, slowly torturing and humiliating his victims were pretty terrifying. So I kept watching and to my surprise, an ending that knocked me right off my feet. I shook my head, shrugged my shoulders and realized I could only say one thing. You can't judge a film by its trailer. Home Sweet Home is surprisingly a good little indie thriller/horror that definitely deserves a little attention.Please like me on Facebook! You can read more of my reviews and get info on the latest movies in horror: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Heart-Horror/338327476286206