Open House

Open House unfolds across urban real estate offices and the city’s homes that line the market. The setting centers on Grant Real Estate and the surrounding houses where killings occur during open houses. The real estate industry is portrayed as a high-pressure environment that becomes a backdrop for fear, manipulation, and murder.

🏚️ Ownership Obsession

The killer's need to possess a space drives his killings, converting property listings into a stage for his grievances. The real estate world supplies him with power and targets, turning private failures into public terror. Open houses become traps that expose the vulnerabilities of buyers, brokers, and viewers.

🗞️ Media & Investigation

The radio station and its host become instruments in the killer's game and the search for him. Kelley uses the airwaves to coordinate with Shapiro, while the killer taunts them from the shadows. The media spectacle heightens stakes and pressure law enforcement. The pursuit exposes how radio privilege and sensationalism can complicate real-world danger.

🧭 Power & Ethics

The film critiques how corporate drive and a merciless market shape people's lives, pushing some to violent extremes. The killer's outcry that corporations ruined his sense of belonging frames money and property as cold, impersonal powers. Law enforcement struggles against ruthless competition as they try to protect workers and clients. In the end, justice comes from individual courage rather than systemic reform.