Occupants
A documentary filmmaker’s home wellness project opens a terrifying window onto an alternate version of her life.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- late night horror viewing
- indie horror marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Annie and Neil place cameras throughout their home, and some footage captures an unexpected parallel version of themselves.
The couple's clean-living documentary transforms their house into the site of an alternate-dimension threat.
The documentary premise and portal imagery make recorded material central to the film's perception of reality.
The 30 Days of Clean Living project initiates the camera setup that exposes the parallel selves.
Films like Occupants, and why
The Blair Witch Project
found-footage horror built around alternate realities and escalating domestic paranoia
Coherence
parallel-dimension science fiction with disorienting doubles and mounting psychological tension
Primer
low-budget science fiction thriller using intimate spaces and fractured realities to create unease
Movie Details
- Director
- Russ Emanuel
- Release Date
- 2015-12-14
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (26)
Cast
- Briana White
- Michael Pugliese
- Robert Picardo
- Chalet Lizette Brannan
- Jennifer Durst
- Chris Winters
- Aaron Retford
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Troma NOW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Occupants about?
- A documentary filmmaker’s home wellness project opens a terrifying window onto an alternate version of her life.
- What is Occupants like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Occupants as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Occupants violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Occupants as mild.
- Which films are like Occupants?
- Films with a similar feel include The Blair Witch Project, Coherence, and Primer.
- How long is Occupants?
- Occupants runs 81 minutes.
- Where can I watch Occupants?
- In United States, Occupants streams on fuboTV, Troma NOW.
