‘Three estranged siblings reunite in the family home for the wake of their spiteful mother, leading to a inheritance battle that turns deadly.’
A feature-length screenplay written by Peter Young, currently in development with Village Films Ltd. with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and the National Lottery.
Our House is a claustrophobic family-drama turned colloquial thriller. It merges the rising anxiety of contained thrillers like The Green Room with the comedic flair of Northern Irish cinema like Mickeybo and Me.
It deals with complicated family dynamics in the isolated Northern Irish countryside, and repackages a narrative about sibling reconcilliation as a suspenseful battle-for-survival. Much like Peter’s prior work, this ‘culchie’ thriller-comedy blends authentic sociodrama with a fantastical setting for a uniquely Northern Irish take on the claustro-thriller genre.