Dream Home

DREAM HOME

By Blake Redding

It’s no big secret that the vast continent of Asia has lent the horror genre some of the most extreme movies known to man.  But in the 2000’s after the success of RINGU and the American remake THE RING, the market got flooded with watered down, rehashed ghost stories to capitalize on a the craze.  So the avid horror and gore enthusiast had to once again go hunting through the shit to find the gems.  One of these gems is the 2010 horror flick from Hong Kong, DREAM HOME.  Like the taboo raping epic AUDITION, DREAM HOME is a solid story with insane gore and violence that really sets the bar high for other contemporary Asian releases and it confirms yet again that there is really nothing too taboo or ‘over the line’ for some of these tiny directors. Let’s get to it you filthy animals.

DREAM HOME is about a young woman who will do ANYTHING to secure the perfect flat in the cutthroat housing crisis in Hong Kong. It has everything she could ever want and it is a killer deal, unfortunately, the deal falls through and the current owners decide to keep it. Well, it’s a good thing she is a psychopath or she might have been up a fog covered Chinese creek without a bamboo paddle.  She hacks and slashes her way through the current residents in the high rise and their loved ones. Shit gets messy real quick….

Right off the bat we are treated to a man with a zip tie secured tightly around his neck. His captor gives him one option to free himself, an exacto knife. The tie is so tight that he has no choice but to tear into his neck meat in order to free himself. It’s a bloody mess and will make you get that special feeling in your jugular. This scene pretty much sets the tone for the gore that is going to be in this movie. Oh hey, there is a pregnant woman hanging out in the house she must be safe! Nope, she gets her goddamn head vacuumed sealed like a filet of Jian Carp (Asian fishin’ reference folks.)! When her husband comes home and finds her, he is beat with a golf club and his head is smashed on the coffee table.  It’s actually a very disturbing scene. After this, the blood just keeps on flowing.  We are treated to a guy with a broken glass bong stabbed through his neck while his buddy gets his guts knifed out. The chick they were trying to bang gets her head smashed into the toilet bowl. Sorry that foursome with three guys didn’t work out bro bros! This murderous gal even has the audacity to break in on a couple having sex and castrate the guy right in front of his lay. She doesn’t get to scream for long though, our heroin jams a 2x4 into her mouth and silences her for good.

If you are new to Sunday Snuff and looking for a good ‘starter movie’ into the extreme horror movie genre, this one is definitely not for you, or the faint of heart. It’s violent and gory as all hell. It is shot well and the story is actually quite good. Like many other Asian horror flicks, it jumps around a lot so multiple viewings make it that much better. If you are into the sadistic and the macabre like I am, go ahead and pick this bad boy up and enjoy the show.

Blake and Jimmy’s Extreme-O Gage!

Realistic Gore: 5 out of 5, VERY realistic looking violence and gore…..well played China.

Rape: 2 out of 5.  Some minor heaving petting on a passed out and topless drunk girl.

Animal Death: 0 out of 5.  I did see some dead ducks hanging up in the street market if that counts.

Necrophilia: 0 out of 5. So close, but the girl got killed minor seconds after sexy time.

Torture: 5 out of 5.  Having to cut into your own neck with a knife can’t be fun for anyone! Also being suffocated to death with a vacuum seal isn’t the ideal way to die.
Overall Movie: 4 out of 5, this is a great movie, but there are parts that lag.  Definitely worth a few views!