John Doe Home Sweet Home is a 2012 thriller film directed by John K.D. Graham and was written by Alexandra Boylan, Andrew Boylan and John K.D. Graham. This is a really good movie that I enjoyed watching, it is dark and thrilling and leaves you on the edge of your seat.The story centers around a young woman named Gwen Stevens (played by Alexandra Boylan) who has gone broke and is forced to move back to her childhood home, however it seems that after accidentally bumping a young couples car, they now want her revenge by talking Gwen's home (it is assumed that is why is is never fully explained.) This couple is Kristy (played by Raquel Cantu) and Van (played by Christopher Dempsey) who are two psychos taunt on terrorizing Gwen and (then killing her by stabbing her in the neck with a pocket knife) her sister Naomi (played by Lorena Segura York) that is when Gwen takes matters into her own hands.John K.D. Graham is a fantastic director who really knows how to draw you in to the story and keep you there. He leaves no loose ends and has everything tied up nicely at the end of the film. Alexandra Boylan is a extremely good actress who really knows how to act very well and makes you feel scared right along with her. With a small cast and and story it manages to get it's job done as a low budget independent film. The film also has a really good soundtrack provided by John Courage. I give Home Sweet Home a 9/10.

David Arnold "Home invasion horror gets a new twist" raves one of the critics. Really?! Well, if this is the "new twist" that he/she is raving about then this genre is doomed.Dear, oh dear, oh dear. What an absolutely awful movie this is. It reads decent, and looks decent but believe me - it is as far from decent as you can get. This is one of those movie's where you get 5 - 10 minutes into it and think "uh-oh - I've picked a stinker here".Not much to say about Home Sweet Home apart from it's just full of nonsensical issues, bad story telling, and mediocre acting.Avoid this movie at all costs, unless you want to feel numb for a few minutes after the end (if you manage to get that far) from thinking "what the Hell did I just witness?!"

shelleylovesmuse As a long time fan of horror and suspense movies, I had great expectations of Home Sweet Home. I was not disappointed. The plot was very creative and beautifully executed, with a slow build. To me, pacing is everything in suspense movies and the pace of this film was perfect. Picturesque scenes of a desert landscape and beautiful music created an eerie,ominous backdrop and sweet,vulnerable Gwen was the perfect victim. Then....Kristi. Manson family menacing, but unnervingly playful and sexy, this "villain" kept me on the edge of my seat, with my hands covering my eyes.....never certain of just what she could do next. Creepy, artistic and beautifully edited, I thoroughly enjoyed this film.

douglas-kershaw Home Sweet Home, directed by John K.D. Graham, is a cracking good psychological suspense and terror feature film adorned with cold-blooded and unexpected murders, filmed in remote New Mexico desert. Raquel Cantu plays Kristi, a ditzy but ruthless armed psychopath, accompanied by her criminal boyfriend. She gives us some comic moments early on. But in a change of mood, Graham skillfully uses Kristi's unpredictability to maintain a high level of tension that grips the audience throughout the movie. I found Krisi's weirdness one of the best aspects of the movie.The two terrorize Gwen (Alexandra Boylan) to drive her out of her home. You must see the movie to discover how Boylan digs deep into her acting talent to transform the terrified Gwen into a woman determined to survive and regain what is hers.Suffice to say I found the uneven conflict that ensues to be the spellbinding core of the movie with its twists and its variations of pace from creepy to violent, the outcome ever in doubt. Nothing dull here.Among the 3 leading characters, Kristi appears early in the film and her character is rather more strongly developed than the others, but her craziness seems to make her not quite real as an adult human: well, she's a psychopath. Her boyfriend (Dempsey) puts on a persuasive performance, and Boylan is very strong and totally convincing in a difficult role.I loved the south New Mexico desert and small-town scenes: few movies are made in that area, so Home Sweet Home did not have that stereotyped western look for a change. Instead, it has its own look and its unique story line. It's good to see emerging indie filmmakers with their own ideas succeed in what they set out to do! Evidently they did not try to make an arty film, but instead a breakout thriller in their own style, and in that they succeeded! Look for these names again.The movie took awards at the Albuquerque film festival where I saw it, and FYI is now available for pre-order on Amazon (search Movies and TV for "Home Sweet Home DVD"). Release and delivery from Amazon will be on June 4th. 2013.