Son vs The Home
The Home has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6/10 for Son). The Home is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 38m. Son is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Son
The Home| Son | The Home | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller | Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ivan Kavanagh | Mattias J. Skoglund |
| Main cast | Wanetah Walmsley, Emile Hirsch, David Kallaway, Andi Matichak, Rocco Sisto | Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Anki Lidén, Philip Oros, Gizem Erdogan, Lottie Ejebrant |
Synopsis
Son
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
The Home
Many years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika, a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival. She experiences terrifying visions of her late husband, Joel’s abusive father, and begins exhibiting violent behavior. Joel begins to believe that something malevolent and supernatural has taken control of his mother. But with his own…