Homebodies

Homebodies

Do You Know Where Your Grandmother Is Tonight?

PG 1974 · 96 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Horror

When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. What starts as an attempt to discourage the developers soon escalates into wholesale murder of both the developers and the construction workers.

Directed by Larry Yust · Written by Bennett Byron Sims

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