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Pete Davidson in a horror movie about a creepy retirement home, where he may or may not be losing his sanity? Okay, sure, we might be ready to sign up for that!
Directed by James DeMonaco, the trailer for the upcoming horror film ‘Home’ stars Pete Davidson as Max, a young man sentenced to perform community service at a home for the elderly.
“Saw how clean this place was while coming in? Your job is to keep it that way. And no fourth floor…”
Max is immediately warned to stay away from the fourth floor of the facility, as the residents there are said to require “special” treatment. However, even without venturing onto the forbidden floor, the young man begins to witness eerie and unsettling events throughout the building. Driven by curiosity and growing dread, Max starts to investigate what might be going on, unwittingly putting himself and others in danger.
The bleak, shadowy settings of the retirement home, combined with elderly residents who look like they’re either on the brink of death or have already passed to the other side, help ‘Home’ nail its chilling atmosphere, at least based on the trailer.
What exactly is happening on the mysterious fourth floor is anyone’s guess. But given the setting, the possibilities seem narrowed: perhaps these are retirees with no surviving relatives who are being used for sinister experiments. Or, since this is a horror movie, maybe they’re demonic entities feeding off the living souls in the facility. Who knows?
It’s up to Max to uncover the truth before he becomes the next victim. And here’s hoping the filmmakers don’t pull the overused twist of revealing that Max has mental health issues and was imagining everything all along – that one’s a bit too cliché now. Although the trailer does end with a weirdly disturbing scene where Max is tied up to an operating table against his will, and his captors seem to be ready to remove his eyes! Maybe that scene shouldn’t have made it to the teaser.
From the looks of it, ‘Home’ has the potential to be a genuinely creepy addition to the horror genre. Although since this is the first time Pete Davidson is headlining a horror movie, one doesn’t know what to quite expect. Actors John Glover, Bruce Altman, and Marilee Talkington round out the cast. The film is set for a theatrical release on July 25.
You can watch the trailer on YouTube, it’s also embedded below.