{"id":113,"date":"2006-03-30T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T17:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=113"},"modified":"2021-01-08T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:52:38","slug":"homebodies-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Homebodies (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I saw them moving the people out down the street.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Poster-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Poster-96x128.jpg 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of elderly people facing eviction from their dilapidated apartment building take drastic action by murdering anyone who tries to force them to leave.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Elderly People<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;weird little sleeper&#8221; by independent filmmaker Larry Yust &#8212; &#8220;extremely well acted by the veteran cast&#8221; &#8212; effectively blends &#8220;horror, comedy, and social drama&#8221; while showing &#8220;true respect for the resourcefulness of the elderly.&#8221; Peary laments the brutal nature of the murders, though he concedes that most victims are &#8220;heartless, arrogant people&#8221;. The final scene of the movie is surprisingly satisfying. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A rare pre-<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=33871\"><em>Cocoon<\/em> (1985)<\/a> film with spunky elderly people as the leads<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Trueman.png 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Homebodies-Still.png 1103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but this unusual film is worth seeking out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0071617\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2016\/11\/20\/homebodies-1974\/\">Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I saw them moving the people out down the street.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of elderly people facing eviction from their dilapidated apartment building take drastic action by murdering anyone who tries to force them to leave. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Elderly People Serial Killers Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;weird little sleeper&#8221; by independent filmmaker Larry Yust &#8212; &#8220;extremely well acted by the veteran cast&#8221; &#8212; effectively blends &#8220;horror, comedy, and social drama&#8221; while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=113\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62298,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/62298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}