Housebound is a 2014 New Zealand comedy horror film that was written and directed by Gerard Johnstone, and his feature film directorial debut. The film had its world premiere on March 10, 2014 at South by Southwest and stars Morgana O'Reilly as a woman sentenced to house arrest in a potentially haunted house. Kylie (Morgana O'Reilly) is a would-be thief that is sentenced to eight months of house arrest after she's caught trying to rob a bank. She's forced to move back in with her well-meaning mother Miriam (Rima Te Wiata), much to Kylie's disdain, as Kylie thinks little of her mother's claims that the house is haunted. She's later horrified when strange things seem to happen around the house, prompting Kylie to begin to believe that her mother may just be right. Her attempts to try to tell people that they may have a malevolent spirit in the house is met with surprising cheer, as they seem to think that having a ghost around would be a good thing. Johnstone was first inspired to create...