His House (2020) follows Bol and Rial Majur, a South Sudanese couple who escape a brutal civil war and arrive in England seeking asylum. After surviving a traumatic journey that claims the life of their young daughter, they are placed in a dilapidated government-assigned house on the outskirts of town. Though relieved to be safe, they soon discover that the house is far from a sanctuary. Strange noises echo through the walls, shadows move in the corners, and a malevolent presence seems to stalk them each night. Bol, desperate to prove they can assimilate and keep their new home, tries to ignore the haunting, while Rial insists that something followed them from the sea — something tied to their past.

As the supernatural disturbances intensify, the couple’s already fragile relationship begins to crack. Rial experiences visions of their dead daughter calling to her from the darkness, and she becomes convinced that an apeth, or “night witch,” has come to claim a debt. Bol, refusing to accept this, tears apart the house in an attempt to purge whatever is hiding inside, only worsening their situation with the authorities who already distrust them. Layer by layer, the haunting reveals itself as more than an external force; it is a manifestation of the guilt, lies, and unbearable choices the couple made in order to survive their escape.

Flashbacks reveal the truth behind their daughter’s death and the horrifying moral compromise that led the apeth to pursue them. The ghosts haunting the house are not merely malevolent entities but the memories Bol and Rial have tried desperately to suppress. Rial believes the apeth offers a terrible bargain — to return their daughter in exchange for Bol’s life — and she struggles between her loyalty to her husband and her grief for what they lost.

In a harrowing confrontation, Bol chooses to face the apeth directly, acknowledging the truth and accepting responsibility for his actions. Instead of running, he confronts the creature in the ruined house, embracing the pain and trauma he has avoided. This act of acceptance diminishes the apeth’s power, breaking its hold over them. The house remains haunted, but no longer by a vengeful spirit — rather by the memories the couple agrees to carry together.

The film closes with Bol and Rial standing amid the wreckage, finally united, understanding that healing does not come from escaping the past but from confronting it. Their house, though battered, becomes a place of reckoning and, slowly, rebirth.