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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichFor all of its clumsiness and rookie missteps (which continue through the film’s gut-punch of a coda), His House is an urgent and spine-tingling ghost story about what it means to begin anew in a home that may not want you to live in it.
- 80EmpireChris Hewitt (1)EmpireChris Hewitt (1)One of the best British horror debuts in years, populated by well-drawn characters and a particularly nasty spirit. If you get a chance to move into His House, take it.
- 80The Observer (UK)Simran HansThe Observer (UK)Simran HansGenuine jump scares are bolstered by the film’s spooky sound design, as well as terrific performances from Dirisu and Mosaku, whose terror is palpable.
- 80IGNSiddhant AdlakhaIGNSiddhant AdlakhaTightly wound on almost every front, His House packs an enormous emotional punch even once its scares grow stale.
- 75Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithThroughout, Remi Weekes forcefully, resonantly ties the film’s terror to the inner turmoil of his characters.
- 75The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubA potent, heart-wrenching spin on the classic haunted house story, buoyed by two stellar lead performances.
- 70Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangA crafty feature debut for the English writer-director Remi Weekes, His House is one of those return-of-the-repressed freakouts in which suspense and social conscience effectively breathe as one. That’s the idea, anyway.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzUltimately, Weekes’s story, which pivots on a minor-key twist that doesn’t quite earn its intended gasps, falls just short of justifying its feature-film length. There is an excellent short film hiding in the corridors of His House – it just needs a slight renovation.
- 63The Associated PressJake CoyleThe Associated PressJake CoyleBy bringing the migrant crisis into a horror-film realm, His House has forcefully captured the traumas of the refugee experience. The grounded performances and pained faces of Dìrísù and Mosaku offer no easy answers.
- 50VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangA potent if unbalanced mashup of social-issues polemic and haunted-house horror.