A compelling film with intertwined themes of emotional and mental origin, Homebound delivers an intense cinematic experience laden with mystery and questionable characters. I found the plot extremely interesting, as the audience is spooked by the unexplained hauntings at the childhood home the main character is residing at for a period of time as punishment for her misdeeds. Furthermore, the film is structured as to place the logical explanation for these happenings on the suspicious and angry neighbor, an assumption that the leading female, Kylie, investigates further. However, her psychiatrist adamantly denies her suspicions, dismissing her concerns as evidence of her disrupted and sickened mental state. Although I did believe Kylie, I concluded that the psychiatrist had clear good intentions and was just an innocent yet arrogant man. As the film progresses, it becomes increasingly evident that the neighbor is not actually responsible, and instead the blame is placed upon a man who has been somehow living in their walls for years. Being that Kylie’s mother had purchased the house despite it having amassed various charged of murder throughout the years, I had assumed that this mysterious man had performed all these crimes. As an audience member, I now realize I was making many preconceived notions about certain characters based merely on the fact that they appeared untraditional, such as the man hiding in the house, and thus it was easy to place the blame for these heinous crimes on them. However, this unknown man actually had been sympathizing with Kylie her entire childhood, and had observed her difficult dynamic with her mother, dictating it in pictures he had crafted out of emotional regard for his host family. Furthermore, I was utterly surprised to discover that the culprit was the psychiatrist, who had seemingly been attempting to help Kylie throughout this process. Additionally, in hindsight, it is significant that his career serves to understand the workings of the human brain, while he actually used this knowledge to manipulate those around him. As I’ve certainly learned through the plot of this film, preconceived notions are dangerous yet powerful, and should be circumvented as much as possible