# Cubbyhouse

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For cubbyholes, see [cubby-hole](/source/Cubby-hole).

***Cubbyhouse*** is a 2001 [Australian](/source/Australia) [horror](/source/Horror_film) film, directed by [Murray Fahey](/source/Murray_Fahey) and starring [Joshua Leonard](/source/Joshua_Leonard) (of *[The Blair Witch Project](/source/The_Blair_Witch_Project)* fame) and [Belinda McClory](/source/Belinda_McClory) (*[The Matrix](/source/The_Matrix)*). It screened at the [2001 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2001_Cannes_Film_Festival).[3]

It was produced by David Hannay who said "I’ve been a fan of Murray Fahey’s since he was a film school student and I regard him as almost unique in being a true independent filmmaker who writes, produces, directs and acts in his own films."[4]

## Plot

Lynn, a mother of three, buys a cheap, old house. However, the backyard cubby-house is cursed with pure evil that took the previous owner’s two children and her kids are next.

## Cast

- [Joshua Leonard](/source/Joshua_Leonard) as Danny Graham
- [Belinda McClory](/source/Belinda_McClory) as Lynn Graham
- [Lauren Hewett](/source/Lauren_Hewett) as Bronwyn McChristie
- [Jerome Ehlers](/source/Jerome_Ehlers) as Harrison / Harlow
- [Craig McLachlan](/source/Craig_McLachlan) as Bill
- Chris Brown as Newsreader
- Peter Callan as Don
- Madison Dohnt as Hope
- [Murray Fahey](/source/Murray_Fahey) as Gary the Pest Man
- Carita Farrer as Sandra Hickey
- Belinda Gavin as Julie
- Steve Harman as Nurse
- Brian Hinzlewood as Joe McChristie
- Stefan Kluka as Surf Reporter

## Reception

David Stratton in *Variety* wrote the film "fails to come up with anything very original or genuinely exciting in the highly competitive horror stakes.[5]

## Notes

1. Maddox, Gary (11 September 1999). "Horror heads warm to the task". *The Sydney Morning Herald*. p. 5.

1. Jonathan Crow (2008). ["Cubbyhouse - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080307221129/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/249671/Cubbyhouse/overview). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Archived from [the original](https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/249671/Cubbyhouse/overview) on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

1. Crow, Jonathan. ["Cubbyhouse (2001) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie"](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/cubbyhouse-v249671). *[AllMovie](/source/AllRovi)*. Retrieved 18 August 2012.

1. [Andrew L Urban, "DAGS: WILL THEY INHERIT THE EARTH?", *Urban Cinefile*](http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=1626&s=features) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150405103001/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=1626&s=features) 5 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 November 2012

1. Stratton, David (18 May 2001). ["Cubbyhouse"](https://variety.com/review/VE1117798125?refcatid=31). Variety Reviews. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

## External links

- [Cubbyhouse](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255909/) at IMDb
- [*Cubbyhouse*](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/cubbyhouse-2001/15053/) at Screen Australia
- [*Cubbyhouse*](https://letterboxd.com/film/cubbyhouse/details/) at Letterbox DVD

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