Green Meadows Hides Deadly Secrets in ‘The Home’ Trailer
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Signature Entertainment has shared the UK trailer for The Home, which will headline FrightFest 2025 as its Opening Film on 21 August at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square before landing on digital platforms on 22 August and on DVD and Blu-ray from 29 September. The film marks an exciting return for its writer-director James DeMonaco, best known for creating The Purge, and casts Pete Davidson in a role that blends generational conflict with outright horror.
Davidson plays Max, a defiant young graffiti artist whose run-in with the law leads to community service at Green Meadows Retirement Home in upstate New York. Assigned to janitorial duties, Max expects a sleepy sentence but soon crosses paths with vibrant residents whose whispered warnings about the off-limits fourth floor ignite his suspicions. A series of mysterious deaths and late-night screams propel him on a quest to uncover what lurks behind the home’s polished walls.
Veteran character actors underpin Davidson’s performance. John Glover appears as the home’s unsettling administrator, Ethan Phillips brings warmth and dread as a long-term resident, and Bruce Altman rounds out the cast as a doctor with secrets of his own. Cinematographer Anastasia Michos captures the contrast between the home’s manicured corridors and its decaying underbelly, while composer Nathan Whitehead scores the film with unsettling strings.
Development began during the pandemic in a Staten Island backyard, where DeMonaco and co-writer Adam Cantor fleshed out the retirement home concept. Their collaboration, fuelled by late-night film discussions, produced a screenplay that DeMonaco describes as a generational allegory. Production took shape under the guidance of producer Sébastien K. Lemercier, who helped align the story’s thematic urgency with a practical budget and shooting schedule.
The Home joins a packed FrightFest programme that runs from 21 to 25 August and spotlights boundary-pushing genre entries from around the world. The UK Premiere will be followed by appearances from DeMonaco and Cantor for a post-screening discussion about how the film explores control, legacy and the price of dissent.
Full festival passes go on sale on 12 July, with day tickets available from 19 July. Details and tickets are available at frightfest.co.uk.
The Home trailer
