Throughout, Loftus gives a gripping performance as a woman desperate to make a good impression on a family that may be evil.

'Homebound' is nominally watchable–its short runtime certainly makes its predictability all the more forgivable–but it’s such a shallow experience that it’s instantly forgettable.

Homebound is a domestic psychodrama, but buried somewhere in its texture is a tragedy or perhaps a crime whose precise outline remains an enigma.

The film is too enigmatic for its own good, undercooking the suspense and leaving us desiring a bit more meat on the bone.