Film Review – The Home (2025)

When we last saw director James DeMonaco in action, it was 2021’s “This Is the Night,” which pulled the helmer away from his duties overseeing “The Purge” franchise to make a coming-of-age movie about the wild night when “Rocky III” opened in Staten Island. At least it wasn’t another “Purge” sequel. DeMonaco tried a dramedy on for size, and it didn’t quite work, urging him back to horror for “The Home,” co-scripting the endeavor with Adam Cantor. The tale concerns a young man and his battle with the unexpected inside a senior care center, and one might expect DeMonaco to find an actor of true dramatic might to help give the fright film some gravitas. Instead, we have Pete Davidson in the lead role, and boy howdy does he look uncomfortable to be there. “The Home” (which was shot three years ago) asks way more of Davidson than he’s capable of giving, and DeMonaco’s no help, submitting a poorly constructed offering of screen terror. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com