Dream Home – review

Should Jimmy McMillan fancy a propaganda film for his emergent political party, The Rent Is Too Damn High, he might consider optioning this slasher flick about a telesales agent who'll stop at nothing to install herself in a flashy Hong Kong apartment. Opening credits warn of escalating house prices and stalling incomes, just before the first of a dozen utterly revolting murders, often utilising a zip-tie. Pang's film may be heavy-fisted with the satire and foggily plotted, too, despite the lengthy flashbacks, but no one could doubt his commitment to the death rattle. None of the victims, no matter how negligible their pre-murder part, goes out without a protracted fight, lavishly soundtracked with glugging and wheezing.