When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she’s forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Film Cast:

• Kylie Bucknell: Morgana O’Reilly
• Miriam Bucknell: Rima Te Wiata
• Amos: Glen-Paul Waru
• Graeme: Ross Harper
• Dennis: Cameron Rhodes
• Officer Grayson: Millen Baird
• Officer Carson: Bruce Hopkins
• Eugene: Ryan Lampp
• Judge: Ian Mune
• Hollis: Wallace Chapman
• Kraglund: Mick Innes
• Justin: David Van Horn
• Leslie: Nikki Si’ulepa
• Elizabeth Chalmers: Kitty Riddell
• Young Kylie (Voice): Lila Sharp
• Fitness Host: Louise Mills

Film Crew:

• Editor: Gerard Johnstone
• Director of Photography: Simon Riera
• Production Design: Anya Whitlock
• Original Music Composer: Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper
• Second Unit Director: Luke Sharpe
• Production Design: Jane Bucknell
• Executive Producer: Chris Lambert
• Executive Producer: Ant Timpson
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Westbrooke
• Set Decoration: Simon Vine
• Steadicam Operator: Joe Lawry
• Set Decoration: Stephen Jaimeson
• Art Direction: Lyn Bergquist
• Art Direction: Laura Smith
• Art Direction: Haley Williams
• Costume Design: Lissy Mayer
• Steadicam Operator: Alex McDonald
• Set Decoration: Graham Collins
• Gaffer: Nicholas Riini
• Gaffer: Tane Kingan
• Continuity: Rose Damon
• Steadicam Operator: Simon Tutty
• Executive Producer: Michael Kumerich
• Line Producer: Garett Mayow
• Executive Producer: Daniel Story
• Makeup Effects Designer: Jacinta Driver
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Kendall Feruson
• Makeup Artist: Vanessa Hurley
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Rachel Johanson
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Katie Jones
• Makeup Artist: Carly Marr
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Nikki Milina
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Miranda Raman
• Makeup Artist: Lauren Steward
• Production Manager: Ainsley Allen
• Third Assistant Director: Rachael Bristow
• Third Assistant Director: Esther Clewlow
• Third Assistant Director: Sarah Hough
• Third Assistant Director: Laurelle May
• First Assistant Director: Natasha Romaniuk
• First Assistant Director: Fraser Ross
• First Assistant Director: Katie Tate
• First Assistant Director: Craig Wilson
• Props: Shamus Butt
• Art Department Assistant: Meling Cooper
• Art Department Assistant: Hilary Crombie
• Assistant Set Dresser: Louise George
• Assistant Set Dresser: James Goldenthal
• Runner Art Department: Kathryn Lees
• Art Department Assistant: Brian Maru
• Assistant Set Dresser: Aimee Russell
• Art Department Assistant: Jaime Sharpe
• Concept Artist: Andrejs Skuja
• Art Department Assistant: Luke Thornborough
• Art Department Assistant: Wesley Twiss
• Dialogue Editor: Nich Cunningham
• Boom Operator: Matthew Dickins
• Sound Recordist: Phil Donovan
• Sound Recordist: Gabriel Muller
• Boom Operator: Stephen Saldanha
• Sound Recordist: Ande Schurr
• Sound Recordist: Mark Storey
• Sound Designer: Shane Taipari
• Sound Recordist: Ben Vanderpoel
• Digital Compositor: Stuart Bedford
• Digital Imaging Technician: James Brookes
• Digital Compositor: Johnny Lyon
• 3D Modeller: Rich Nosworthy
• Digital Compositor: Jesse Parkhill
• Stunt Coordinator: Aaron Lupton
• Stunt Coordinator: Steve McQuillan
• Stunts: Stefan Talaic
• Stunts: Shane Blakey
• Stunts: Joanna Baker
• Stunts: Daniel Andrews
• Lighting Technician: Sam Behrend
• First Assistant Camera: Nick Burridge
• First Assistant Camera: Alexander Campbell
• First Assistant Camera: Kelly Chen
• Lighting Technician: Tommy Davis
• Camera Intern: Woody Dean
• Lighting Technician: Hayden Dudley
• Lighting Technician: James Dudley
• Lighting Technician: Leigh Elford
• Camera Intern: Kalym Gilbert
• Camera Intern: Andrew Farrent
• First Assistant Camera: Julia Green
• Cinematography: Adrian Greshoff
• Lighting Technician: Mathew Harte
• Lighting Technician: Stacey Hui
• First Assistant Camera: Matt Hunt
• First Assistant Camera: Blair Ihaka
• Gaffer: Tony Lumsden
• First Assistant Camera: Tom Neunzerling
• Cinematography: Eoin O’Liddy
• Key Grip: Jeremy Osbourne
• Key Grip: Jim Rowe
• Lighting Technician: Richard Schofield
• First Assistant Camera: Richard Simkins
• First Assistant Camera: Cameron Stoltz
• Cinematography: Drew Sturge
• Camera Intern: Matt Thomas
• Lighting Technician: Jason Tidswell
• Lighting Technician: Chris Watkins
• Aerial Camera: Dan Watkins
• Cinematography: Lance Wordsworth
• First Assistant Camera: Bradley Williams
• Costume Design: Beth Rickards
• Costume Supervisor: Lissy Turner
• Assistant Editor: Natalie Hughes
• Digital Intermediate Colorist: Peter Williams
• Assistant Editor: Emma Wilson-Hill
• Additional Music: Karl Steven
• Vehicles Coordinator: Azhar Bhamji
• Production Assistant: Joshua Banks
• Production Assistant: Samantha Caughey
• Production Assistant: Catherine Mack
• Production Assistant: Lucina Park
• Legal Services: Tim Riley
• Production Assistant: Zak Wash
• Art Direction: Ross McGarva

Movie Reviews:

• Reno: **Under house arrest in a haunted house!**
• Absolutely a kick-ass horror-comedy from the Kiwi. In a horror, usually we expect too much, particularly we calculate them according to how much it scares us. That’s a tough job for the filmmaker, but when the comedy tag was attached to it which makes even tougher. In this kind of theme, very rarely people say they’re satisfied enough and this is one of those. Yep, a surprise film written and directed by a newcomer. Since it is a New Zealand film, I don’t anybody from it, but they all were excellent. Particularly the lead woman was unbelievably good, totally loved her, kind of reminds Nia Vardalos of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ fame and her expressions too matches for in this film.
• The story was familiar, even some part of it can be compared to the recent film ‘The Boy’. Likewise, other pieces from different films, but I did not care, because it still looked fresh of its own. The way it was developed contributed to the film’s success and those suspense lived up to the hype that were made in the early stage of narration. The woman who won’t get scared easily, finally meets her ultimate fear after returning to her mother’s house where she grew up. But only to discover the house is haunted, followed by mysterious events and the final confrontation between her and whoever on the opposite.
• Great setting with the awesome performances, and always keeps us on the edge. But the laughs were delivered in the form of black comedy. The twists and turns make the film to flip to the opposite side after reaching at one point of the narration leaving the viewers to judge how strongly it linked to its genre. But I don’t think most of them care about that since they’re already entertained and only going to witness the final thrilling conclusion. I hope there won’t be any follow up, because this one-off film was one of the best from the down under, so I don’t want it to be ruined, like they do in the Hollywood. Recommended, you will enjoy it even your rating does not meet what I’ve given.
• _7/10_