Two refugees from Africa arrive in the UK illegally and suffer the loss of their child during the journey. After detention in a camp for asylum seekers they are moved to a sink housing estate and unusually are given a whole house to live in. But something is very odd and not right about this house.
His House is a horror movie that isn't afraid to deal with real life contemporary issues head on. It captures the other worldly sense of isolation of the couple. Outside are the usual rowdy noises of an urban suburb, but we rarely see the perpetrators. The spectre of racism hangs over and around them. The estate itself is a bit of a warren of back alleys and dead ends. Their garden outside becomes a dumping ground for everyone else's waste furniture and unwanted detritus. Their life turns into a living nightmare, plagued by past actions, the loss of the child, denial and increasing mental instability.
All around them is suspicion and the actuality of the so called 'better lifestyle' they left their homeland for, but is this just too alien, is that why they do not feel right there.? His House is a courageous, absorbing and at times shocking debut movie by Remi Weeks, that surprises you with just how brilliantly it can deal with both its themes and its horror.
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