A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that see... Read allA haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
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The story is a little mixed up for the first part of the movie but all becomes clearer in a sudden unexpected way. I don't watch much horror so I found the whole movie very creepy. For a low budget indie it's better than many and I found myself revisiting the story and untangling some of the initial confusion in my mind after I watched it. I jumped a few times and the latter part had me feeling very uncomfortable for all the right reasons. For the most part it's well shot, the score haunting and on the whole the limitations of budget don't spoil the plot albeit it's thread is a little hard to follow at first. Worth a watch.
I hope the person responsible for the lightning in this movie, never gets to work on movies ever again!
We have a large, new tv, which works perfectly. I sat down to watch (or hear, as it turned out) this movie with my two teenage daughters.
This movie looked like something we would enjoy. I love scares, dread, family being haunted and all that.
One scene is a child (based on the voice, because its impossible to see anything) who claimes there are something hiding under the bed. Since everything is pitch black, I can only assume this scene, and what happens next was scary. And I would loved to have seen it, instead of just listening to it.
I hate this movie! Mostly because of what could have been a great horror story.
We have a large, new tv, which works perfectly. I sat down to watch (or hear, as it turned out) this movie with my two teenage daughters.
This movie looked like something we would enjoy. I love scares, dread, family being haunted and all that.
One scene is a child (based on the voice, because its impossible to see anything) who claimes there are something hiding under the bed. Since everything is pitch black, I can only assume this scene, and what happens next was scary. And I would loved to have seen it, instead of just listening to it.
I hate this movie! Mostly because of what could have been a great horror story.
I'm a bit confused by the overall low rating.
"Father of Flies" is creepy and unusual. Let's call it horror-noir with its monochrome tones and Hitchcockian camera angles. It also keeps you off balance because it seems to take place in an indeterminate 20th-century decade ... until you notice the smart phones. So that's discomfiting.
It has a sort of Jim Jarmusch meets M. Night Shyamalan vibe.
It's thick with menace and the acting is more than competent. (Kudos to young actor, Keaton Tetlo).
I liked it (translation: was creeped out) enough to give it eight stars.
Don't expect the usual jump scares and gore and you won't be disappointed. It's more about the vibe.
You'll feel dread.
"Father of Flies" is creepy and unusual. Let's call it horror-noir with its monochrome tones and Hitchcockian camera angles. It also keeps you off balance because it seems to take place in an indeterminate 20th-century decade ... until you notice the smart phones. So that's discomfiting.
It has a sort of Jim Jarmusch meets M. Night Shyamalan vibe.
It's thick with menace and the acting is more than competent. (Kudos to young actor, Keaton Tetlo).
I liked it (translation: was creeped out) enough to give it eight stars.
Don't expect the usual jump scares and gore and you won't be disappointed. It's more about the vibe.
You'll feel dread.
Fairly well made movie. As far as indies go it was above average in technical stuff and acting. Couldn't understand anything about characters or story.
Daddy got's a new girlfriend and the kiddies don't approve. She stiff, boring and robotic. Addictive to wearing a UV beauty mask, poshly lounges all day, giving dagger eyes to his unruly teenage punk rock daughter & younger deaf brother who's haveing separation anxiety for his biological mother since the move and divorce. Even for the dull moments I was growing more invested with the appearance of a witchy looking next door neighbor, some smooth edited transition scenes, nice cinematographe with saturation In color definitely helps with a #creepy but modern haunting feel for the film. And the sneaky cleverly (been done) jump scares we're entertaining.. part of it felt jumbled like some scenes where out of order or missing not sure. But the finale was so worth sitting though the chaos having you question a rewind watch to see if you missed a clue to that twisted end.
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- TriviaThe daughter Donna/Page Ruth is the real granddaughter of the old woman Mrs. Start/Colleen Heidemann.
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- 1h 18m(78 min)
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