The Home (3 Stars)

This is the 30th film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.

My diligent readers must be scratching their heads. Didn't I already review this film on Friday? Yes and No. I reviewed "The Home", but it was a different film. That was an American film, and the film I'm reviewing today is a Swedish film with the original title "Hemmet".

Joel's mother, Monika, suffers from dementia. He returns to her home from the big city to deliver her into an old people's home. Or maybe it's a specialist care home. All the residents are suffering from dementia. Monika talks continually about seeing her abusive husband Bengt, who died 20 years ago. Joel puts this down to the dementia, but then he starts to see Bengt as well. There are also strange occurrences with the other old people in the home.

In itself, this is a good film, mysterious and supernatural. I've given it a relatively low rating because I don't like films about dementia.