Home Sick

Home Sick
Home Sick
Directed by	Adam Wingard
Written by	E. L. Katz
Produced by	E. L. Katz; Peter Katz
Cinematography	Andor Becsi; Michael "Bear" Praytor
Music by	Zombi
Production; company	Population 1280 Films
Distributed by	Synapse Films
Release date	July 14, 2007 (Fantasia Festival);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Home Sick is a 2007 American horror film written by E. L. Katz and directed by Adam Wingard.

The film had its world premiere at the 2007 Fantasia Festival.^[1]

Plot

A strange man crashes a party and asks each person to name the person they hate. With some prodding, they all answer the stranger. When the named people die in horrible ways, the party-goers suspect that the stranger is a spree killer.

Cast

Will Akers as Robert
Brandon Carroll as Devin
Patrick Engel as Mathew
Shaina Fewell as Alexis
Jeff Dylan Graham as Ben
L.C. Holt as Anthony
E. L. Katz as The Cashier
Matt Lero as Tim
Bill Moseley as "Mr. Suitcase"
Forrest Pitts as Mark
Lindley Praytor as Claire (as Lindley Evans)
Tiffany Shepis as Candice
Jonathan Thornton as Boss
Tom Towles as Uncle Johnny
XZanthia as Call Girl #1

Production

The film took almost six years to be released in its final cut.^[2]

Release

Home Sick director's cut debuted on 14 July 2007 at the Fantasia Festival^[1] and opened in other film festivals on the dates given below.

Region	Release date	Festival
Canada	July 14, 2007	Fantasia Festival^[1]
United States	October 6, 2007	Cinema Wasteland Convention

Home release

Home Sick was released on DVD in the United States on August 26, 2008.^[3]

Reception

Bloody Disgusting rated it 3/5 stars and wrote that the film is "absolutely worth the wait. It’s not the best low budget horror film to ever come along but it definitely hits a home run with the special effects work".^[4] Adam Tyner of DVD Talk rated it 3/5 stars and called it "sick, twisted, and really offbeat."^[5] Paul Pritchard of DVD Verdict criticized the film for its focus on gore over story.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ubisoft Presents Fantasia 2007 - Films + Schedule - Home Sick". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
^ Siebalt, Joshua (2008-08-14). "Exclusive: Writer Talks Home Sick DVD!". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
^ Siebalt, Joshua (2008-08-26). "Home Sick Comes Home Today!". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
^ "Home Sick (V)". Bloody Disgusting. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
^ Tyner, Adam (2008-08-26). "Home Sick". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
^ Pritchard, Paul (2008-08-22). "Home Sick". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

External links

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[HomeSick-r2-1] "Ubisoft Presents Fantasia 2007 - Films + Schedule - Home Sick". Fantasia Festival. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

[2] Siebalt, Joshua (2008-08-14). "Exclusive: Writer Talks Home Sick DVD!". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[3] Siebalt, Joshua (2008-08-26). "Home Sick Comes Home Today!". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[4] "Home Sick (V)". Bloody Disgusting. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[5] Tyner, Adam (2008-08-26). "Home Sick". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

[6] Pritchard, Paul (2008-08-22). "Home Sick". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

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v t e Films directed by Adam Wingard
Feature films	Home Sick (2007) Pop Skull (2007) A Horrible Way to Die (2010) Autoerotic (2011) You're Next (2011) What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape (2011) The Guest (2014) Blair Witch (2016) Death Note (2017) Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Anthology films	60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) V/H/S (segment "Tape 56", 2012) The ABCs of Death (segment "Q Is for Quack", 2012) V/H/S/2 (segment "Phase I Clinical Trials", 2013)