Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- late night horror
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an atmospheric but uneven home-invasion thriller with effective menace and familiar genre mechanics.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
John enters Troy's neighboring house and discovers an unnerving basement-centered environment where ordinary domestic details conceal criminal violence.
The keywords explicitly include police corruption, while Officer Burns is part of the surrounding criminal mystery.
John returns to find his girlfriend missing, grows suspicious, and sneaks into his neighbor's house to search for answers.
The Christmas tree keyword indicates seasonal imagery juxtaposed with beaten victims, murder, and a threatening basement.
Films like The Neighbor, and why
The Collector
shared home-invasion suspense, grim crime mystery, and trapped-protagonist tension
The People Under the Stairs
shared claustrophobic domestic setting, serial-killer menace, and escalating survival horror
Cold in July
shared bleak rural crime atmosphere, neighbor suspicion, and psychologically uneasy thriller structure
Movie Details
- Director
- Marcus Dunstan
- Release Date
- 2016-08-19
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (212)
Cast
- Josh Stewart
- Bill Engvall
- Luke Edwards
- Alex Essoe
- Jaqueline Fleming
- Melissa Bolona
- Ronnie Gene Blevins
- David Kallaway
- Ben Matheny
- Artrial Clark
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Neighbor about?
- A missing girlfriend leads a suspicious man into his neighbor’s house, where a seemingly private home conceals a brutal criminal nightmare.
- What is The Neighbor like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Neighbor as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Neighbor violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Neighbor as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Neighbor?
- Critics generally found the film an atmospheric but uneven home-invasion thriller with effective menace and familiar genre mechanics.
- Which films are like The Neighbor?
- Films with a similar feel include The Collector, The People Under the Stairs, and Cold in July.
- How long is The Neighbor?
- The Neighbor runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Neighbor?
- In United States, The Neighbor is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
