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Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

Name: Home Sweet Home: Rebirth
Director: Alexander Kiesl, Steffen Hacker
Released: 2025
Duration: 93 min

Representation Score

5.9/10

Fair

2025

Director

Alexander Kiesl, Steffen Hacker

Runtime

93 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Home Sweet Home: Rebirth stands out for its global narrative approach. By adapting a Thai video game, it moves away from Eurocentric horror clichés and embraces a more diverse, international perspective. The film's strength lies in its racial and cultural integration. It uses a multi-ethnic cast and Eastern spiritualism to provide a fresh take on supernatural stories. However, the film still relies on traditional structures. It focuses on a family where everyone is assumed to be straight and on a typical masculine hero archetype.

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Category Breakdown

Does Home Sweet Home: Rebirth have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on a family where everyone is assumed to be straight or cisgender. There are no visible LGBTQ+ characters or roles.

How does Home Sweet Home: Rebirth portray gender?

Fair

Jake fits the typical role of a strong male hero. Prang, however, adds emotional depth and avoids being a passive victim.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Home Sweet Home: Rebirth?

Excellent

The film features a mix of ethnicities and is set in Bangkok. It combines Western and Thai actors to break away from Eurocentric horror themes.

How does Home Sweet Home: Rebirth represent religion and culture?

Good

The plot incorporates Buddhist-like elements and Eastern spiritual ideas. It emphasizes non-Western spirituality over traditional Christian themes to explore supernatural conflicts.

Does Home Sweet Home: Rebirth include disability representation?

Minimal

The provided material contains no information regarding the portrayal of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Strong racial integration through a multi-ethnic cast and a Bangkok setting.
Effective use of non-Western spiritualism and Buddhist-like motifs.
Successful subversion of Western-centric horror through a Thai-developed IP.

Limited or Absent

Lack of visible LGBTQ+ representation or roles.
Reliance on traditional masculine hero archetypes and straight family structures.
Absence of characters representing physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.

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