Dream Home
Rating: 6/10
Cast: Josie Ho, Eason Chan
Director: Pang Ho Cheung
For those who thought owning a home was a killer, then this film takes that to the logical extreme.
Also part of the Incredibly Strange section of the New Zealand International Film Festival this year and now screening as part of the Hong Kong film Festival, Dream Home is the story of Ho's Cheng Lai-Sheung, who's desperate to own a prime piece of housing in downtown Hong Kong.
But with financial worries and an ever increasing possibility of a recession, Lai-Sheung's dream is fast becoming a thing of the past - so she does what any (ir)rational person would do when facing a reality they can't cope with...she goes on a killing spree to get what she wants.
Dream Home is a film chocked full of sex and gore and uncomfortable shocks here and there. It's not a bad taste film by any stretch of the imagination but is one that you may want to leave your inhibitions at the door to.
Effectively played by all involved, it's quite the tense horror as Lai-Sheung sets about ensuring she can secure the dream home she's always wanted in life - and will stop at nothing to secure. That said, there's also a dark vein of humour pulsing throughout in places.
It's a stylishly s(l)ick piece of cinema which will unsettle in places and will satiate those who like a bit of a blood and guts cinema at the end of a long week - with the fact it says it's based on a true story, there will be some who'll question if property is really worth going that far for.
