Stars: Nicholas Tucci, Camilla Rutherford, Sandra Andreis, Davi Santos, Page Ruth, Colleen Heidemann, Malik Ibheis, Carl Prekopp, Keaton Tetlow, Lida Fox | Written by Nadia Doherty, Ben Charles Edwards | Directed by Ben Charles Edwards
[Note: With the film out this week on digital, here’s a reposting of our review of Father of Flies from its Grimmfest screening last year]
Father of Flies comes from the minds of writers Nadia Doherty and Ben Charles Edwards (also directing) and attempts to tread the same creepy path of films such as Hereditary, The Lodge and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. The film tells the story of a young boy and his older sister who suddenly see their mother pushed out of the family home and a new woman replacing her. The new woman has a sense of creepiness about her (not just a dodgy accent) and there might just be something supernatural occurring.
There are times when the movie does make it work with that dark, slow and occasionally tense tone that...
[Note: With the film out this week on digital, here’s a reposting of our review of Father of Flies from its Grimmfest screening last year]
Father of Flies comes from the minds of writers Nadia Doherty and Ben Charles Edwards (also directing) and attempts to tread the same creepy path of films such as Hereditary, The Lodge and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. The film tells the story of a young boy and his older sister who suddenly see their mother pushed out of the family home and a new woman replacing her. The new woman has a sense of creepiness about her (not just a dodgy accent) and there might just be something supernatural occurring.
There are times when the movie does make it work with that dark, slow and occasionally tense tone that...
- 4/12/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
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