House Swap
A young California screenwriter and his composer girlfriend exchange their Echo Park home for a sprawling Tudor mansion near Glastonbury, England, in the hope of finding creative inspiration. Thinking they have the best of the bargain, they soon learn that the house comes with a stalker who seems able to enter through locked doors. Driven beyond endurance by the continual harassment, the screenwriter sets a trap to exact his revenge...
Why it matters
A slow-burning, atmospheric thriller that blends haunted house dread with stalker paranoia, anchored in claustrophobic tension.
- British indie horror that leans on mood and mounting dread rather than cheap scares or gore.
- The Tudor mansion setting near Glastonbury taps into folk horror’s haunted-house lineage without leaning fully into the supernatural.
- A study in psychological unraveling, the film’s strength is its simmering suspense and the creeping menace of an unseen stalker.
- Fans of quiet, character-driven horror with a twist of domestic invasion and a strong sense of place will find this a low-key gem.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
57
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
14
Survival
33
Found Footage
