Home Invasion Films

[roshiq]

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The 'home invasion' movie works to unsettle and disturb its audience by preying on the fearful anxiety that someone or something could gain entry to our home with the sole intention of harming us. By penetrating our sanctuary--the place we live, rest and take refuge after a long day--these films work to make us feel unsafe within our very own four walls....

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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Fight for Your Life (1977)
The House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Halloween (1978)
Inside (2007)
Funny Games (1997)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Black Christmas (1974)
Ils aka Them (2006)
Hostage (2005)

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Kidnapped (2010)
Of Unknown Origin (1983)...kinda unusual but effective!
Last House on the Beach (1978)
See No Evil aka Blind Terror (1971)
Mother's Day (2010)
Night Train Murders (1975)
Fear (1996)
High Tension (2003)
The Strangers (2008)
Backwoods (2006)
Panic Room (2002)


Is there any other worth to check out?

Have anyone seen the following films? Got the titles from some other lists.

Death Game (1977), Desperate Hours (1990), The Ref (1994) & If I Die Before I wake (1998)?


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[Ferox13]

Desperate Hours (1955)is the original Home Invasion movie (and the remake you mentioned with Mickey Rouke).

Some of the ones you list I really wouldn't count like Halloween. Its not that this is a genre set in stone but I always consider it 'Home Invasion' when the Invaders take control of the residence and victims (who in turn escape/turn the tables etc etc). That just my opinion.

Oh I quite liked Death Game and the Desperate Hours remake when I saw it at the time.

I guess you could add Tenement to the list.

[ZombieDrone]

I watched Straw Dogs for the first time recently, and it's pretty decent. A mixture of Deliverance, The Wicker Man and Last House On The Left.

I agree that Halloween isn't really much of a Home Invasion film as Michael Myers doesn't really invade one house, more like an entire street.

Black Christmas, again not really a Home Invasion film imo, but at least it sticks to one area. Creepy as hell too.


I've never seen Fight For Your Life as it's banned here in the UK, one of the remaining video nasties to still remain so. I've heard it's more because of the racial language rather than the violence...although that's pretty strong.

I am interested in seeing it if it ever gets an official release over here, partly because of my interest in the whole Nasties era and partly because of William Sanderson who's in one of my all-time favourite films, Blade Runner. Although he seems a lot different in this film...

[leezuki]

i love these movies, i have been trying to find some movies i may not have seen yet, hider in the house was not bad. these are def the creepiest kind of movies i find.

[Ferox13]

I've never seen Fight For Your Life as it's banned here in the UK, one of the remaining video nasties to still remain so. I've heard it's more because of the racial language rather than the violence...although that's pretty strong.

Fight for life is a guilty pleasure of mine. William Sanderson is great in it..Amazing dialogue.

[neverending]

In Cold Blood?

[Ferox13]

In Cold Blood?

Is the film any good? I liked the book.

[roshiq]

Desperate Hours (1955) is the original Home Invasion movie (and the remake you mentioned with Mickey Rouke).

Some of the ones you list I really wouldn't count like Halloween. Its not that this is a genre set in stone but I always consider it 'Home Invasion' when the Invaders take control of the residence and victims (who in turn escape/turn the tables etc etc). That just my opinion.

Oh I quite liked Death Game and the Desperate Hours remake when I saw it at the time.

I guess you could add Tenement to the list.

In Cold Blood?

Haven't seen those films, so thanks a lot for the rec.

And yeah...I agree with Ferox & ZD. Films like Halloween & Black Christmas actually least treated as Home Invasion films as their premise or storyline actually has very little to tag under Home Invasion category. I just added them as I saw this famous slasher titles in some other list of Home Invasion films.

I intentionally not included Trespass (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1674784/) as I thought it is quite inferior than the above listed films; more like a loose remake of Kidnapped (2010).

[ManchestrMorgue]

August Underground: Mordum features home invasion (even though the whole film is not about home invasion). Not a great film though.

[leezuki]

the collector, but i recon most people have seen it.

[neverending]

Is the film any good? I liked the book.

Is this one of your twisted little jokes? I can't imagine you've never seen a classic like In Cold Blood. Anyway, I guess it doesn't really count as their intent was to rob the family...

[neverending]

the collector, but i recon most people have seen it.

Are you talking about the 1965 film? Wouldn't it be the opposite of a home invasion film?

[Ferox13]

Is this one of your twisted little jokes? I can't imagine you've never seen a classic like In Cold Blood. Anyway, I guess it doesn't really count as their intent was to rob the family...

No I have never got around to seeing it..

I think he's talking about the 2009 film the Collector. I do love the 1965 film (and more so the book it was based on).

[neverending]

You should definitely see In Cold Blood- a starkly brutal film that made Robert Blake a star.

[Despare]

Are you talking about the 1965 film? Wouldn't it be the opposite of a home invasion film?

I would guess he's talking about the 09' flick. Noting really special but it put an interesting spin on the premise.

[leezuki]

collector 09 is the one im on about, i liked it, not seen the other one i will check it out. fright is quite good from early 70's

[Ferox13]

You should definitely see In Cold Blood- a starkly brutal film that made Robert Blake a star.

Just watched it. You are correct its an excellent movie.

[Elvis_Christ]

I've never seen Fight For Your Life as it's banned here in the UK, one of the remaining video nasties to still remain so. I've heard it's more because of the racial language rather than the violence...although that's pretty strong.

It's still banned? Crazy. I can see one scene that I won't spoil getting it into a bit of hot water but mostly it's harmless.

Perhaps I'm a bit of a bastard but I found the racist dialogue really funny. He comes up with some quite inventive side splitting stuff. I can see it really offending people but for me it just made a really effective OTT character. Almost a comic book styled villain and one of the more memorable ones in the world of blaxploitation (although Fight For Your Life isn't perhaps solely a blaxploitation flick). You'll be cheering on his demise as the film progresses. Great stuff. It's essential viewing and one of my all time favourite flicks. You should try and import it from Blue Underground (http://www.blue-underground.com/search.php?search=fight+for+you+life&submit.x=0&submit.y=0) or grab it off a torrent.

[ZombieDrone]

Not really in the business of importing or torrenting...a bit on the shady side. I don't judge others for doing it, it's just not my thing.

Besides, I like nice solid official hard copies (regional DVDs, Blu Rays and the like)

[Elvis_Christ]

How's importing a DVD shady? Blue Underground's stuff is all official and are really well put together definitive editions of some of these trashier classics.

[fortunato]

Not really in the business of importing or torrenting...a bit on the shady side. I don't judge others for doing it, it's just not my thing.

Besides, I like nice solid official hard copies (regional DVDs, Blu Rays and the like)

How's importing a DVD shady? Blue Underground's stuff is all official and are really well put together definitive editions of some of these trashier classics.

Yeah, like Elvis said, Blue Underground is a completely legitimate DVD company. Over here in the US, they're quite popular among people that like this kind of stuff. They put out restored, definitive editions of a lot of cult films, and even organize theatrical runs of many of these films. Check out their website:

http://blue-underground.com/

[ZombieDrone]

Even so, I'm not that interested in importing.

[roshiq]

Just watched it. You are correct its an excellent movie.

Downloaded it last night, hope to see it soon.:)

[kyl3thund3r]

Check out Cherry Tree Lane. it's a british home invasion flick. and really really good.

"Prosperous professional couple Mike and Christine are settling in for a standard evening of wine, TV and low-level marital hostility when a ring on their doorbell changes everything. Turns out their son Sebastian is in a little trouble with some local boys, who are quite prepared to camp out and wait for him to get home... The resulting culture-clash chamber drama is raw, revealing and nerve-splittingly tense. Written by Edinburgh International Film Festival "

[Ferox13]

Check out Cherry Tree Lane. it's a british home invasion flick. and really really good.

Oh I forgot about that one - you can add 'The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael ' which also is also (partially) a Brit Home invasion movie. Its pretty pretentious and very fucking mean spirited too.

[roshiq]

Check out Cherry Tree Lane. it's a british home invasion flick. and really really good.


I've seen it but didn't like it that much.