Home Sick (2007)

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The first time I saw this film, I was a bit confused. Then someone explained to me that the movie was dream-like intentionally, kinda like a David Lynch in hell type of thing. Upon re-watching the movie, I enjoyed it much, much more. Everything made much more sense, when you understand that you are gazing into someones death-dream. I was blown away by it the second time around, although I still had to watch many scenes thru my fingers. The gore was very convincing, almost too convincing. Beware everybody, this film is for those with strong stomachs. I thought the parts that were supposed to be funny, were VERY funny. I laughed out loud a few times. The ending, unlike Eli Roth's claim for Hostel 2, that it was something no one ever saw before (yeah right) actually IS something no one ever saw before, although no one connected to the film has said that. I guess when you deliver the goods, the way the filmmakers have done with Home Sick, you don't need to self promote. This may be Bill Mosely's best roll. He was absolutely perfect as the Razorblade man. And naked Tiffany.....

I thought Home Sick was sensational!! Tiffany was fantastic & sexy as always, as was Bill Moseley. Bill is so creepy as Mr Suitcase, you'll have nightmares for weeks. Lots of blood, gore, and more blood. The special effects are awesome!! Jonathan Thornton has come up with his best effects yet. Scared the crap out of me more times than I can count. Will Akers shows his stuff here with an unforgettable character that left me wanting to see more of him. The scene in the diner will leave you howling! Tom Towles kicks a**!! I'll never be able to eat another bowl of chili without seeing him! The music is also sensational. Homesick is definitely worth the wait!! Can't wait to see what else the writer and director will come up with.

I really enjoyed this movie. I thought the cinematography was pretty stunning as well. I didn't understand the whole movie at a few parts,so I think editing could have been a little better, but it was still a great film. I was really impressed with Mosley's performance, as always, as well as Lindley Evans who appears to be a newbie. Hope we see more of her. I'll finish in saying that I saw it at a film festival, but I haven't heard much about it since, which is somewhat of a disappointment. I'd like to know when and where it will be available. Does anyone know?Edited for length

I recently caught Home Sick on a whim at the Sidewalk Film Festival. I expected an average, post-90's low budget horror film. What I saw was a well-polished, deeply disjointing, gore-fest. Seemingly taking cues from horror masters Tobe Hooper, Dario Argento, and Lucio Fulci, Home Sick pays genuine respect to the slowly-rotting slasher genre, while adding a breath of fresh air to it as well.Set somewhere in Alabama, Claire (Lindley Evans) comes home from California to visit her mysterious past. When visiting her friends, no one seems welcoming. This tension becomes more agitated when she and her acquaintances are confronted by Bill Moseley's (!) character, a big-grinning, blue-suited stranger who happens to carry a suitcase full of razor blades. After performing a bizarre blood-letting ritual based on the kids' hatred for others, he calmly exits. Panic, murder, hysteria, sex, drugs, guns, and chili dinners ensue.The level of gross in this movie far exceeds anything that's come out in the mainstream since the days of Romero. Instances of broken bones, ripped-off flesh, disembowelment, and knives in the head plague this film. It's not just the gore that makes it special, but also the characters' involvement with death. This is best conveyed in a scene with a coked-out Candice (Tiffany Shepis) and her recently butchered mother. This scene is worth a review in itself.Besides the first class gore effects, the characters add a certain dynamic to the film. Whereas most teen / young adult horror films revolve around a cast that is pulled from stereotypical high-schoolers (The Jock, The Geek, The Face, etc.), Home Sick incorporates kids that already seem pretty crazy. For fun, they sit around drinking beer and watching gory films like Evil Dead Trap 2. They look pale and have dark circles around their eyes-even the redneck kids. They work at places like the bowling alley, the funeral home, and the school cafeteria. When it hits the fan, these characters seem like they've been preparing for it all their lives. For example, a creepy guy approaches Candice and shows her a Polaroid of a curb-jaw victim he discovered. Her response is a brilliantly sarcastic `Oooh, gross.' Due to the intense violence, there's absolutely no way this film could be showed at the local Cineplex, unless it's linked to some sort of festival. I can only hope that this comes out on video as it is a testament to real independent filmmaking.