A dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.A dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.A dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.
Danièle Watts
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I'm not the kind of person to get easily disturbed by watching movies or shorts with the "disturbing" label on it, and this is one of those rare films that actualy managed to freak me out. I won't spoil anything but you've never seen any disfunctional family themed films like this one, it's very original. It's also quite horrifying to actualy think that something like what you witness in this short could happen in real life, if you like well made original short films which leave you gasping in terror have a look at "The Strange Thing About the Johnsons.
An ordinary family and a secret. Across decades more and more hideous, terrible . Obvious, the worst ,sustaining a solid story who is only a kick to self interrogation for audience.
Maybe not exactly the subject, taboo , sensitive and easy to ignore for preserve a form of innocence is the provocatiive , but the bizarre perspective , intensified by the virtues of film, from script, tension or acting, opening a sort of Pandora box because this kind of vulgar, horrible things must remain hidden in each circumstance.
And this makes the film be not exactly another good homosexual one , or story of abusive, spoiled young man terroriying his father , but a film about family and the relations defining it, about parenthood and relation father - son.
Shocking ? No doubts ! But, in essence, pretty realistic , the confrontation mother - son reminding this after a too long period of silence with virtue of acceptance.
Maybe not exactly the subject, taboo , sensitive and easy to ignore for preserve a form of innocence is the provocatiive , but the bizarre perspective , intensified by the virtues of film, from script, tension or acting, opening a sort of Pandora box because this kind of vulgar, horrible things must remain hidden in each circumstance.
And this makes the film be not exactly another good homosexual one , or story of abusive, spoiled young man terroriying his father , but a film about family and the relations defining it, about parenthood and relation father - son.
Shocking ? No doubts ! But, in essence, pretty realistic , the confrontation mother - son reminding this after a too long period of silence with virtue of acceptance.
It's nice to see that Ari Aster was into disturbing people from the start.
This short is amazing.
This short is amazing.
Wow! This is one of the Weirdest and sickest movies I've ever seen. Well acted and frightening for multiple reasons. Keep your mouth shut while viewing so the flies don't get in is all I can say! : (
If you saw Hereditary or Midsommar or both, well here's where the director started and boy is it messed up! The 30 minute film is very well done but the concept will boggle your mind. This film is DEFINITELY not for everyone. It is an interesting perspective that I have never seen on film before but be warned it is quite disturbing. Fortunately for me, I am a big fan of disturbing films. If you are not, you should probably avoid this one.
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- Trivia"The Strange Thing About the Johnsons" is the direction debut of acclaimed American filmmaker Ari Aster (Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019)).
- SoundtracksWedding Funk
Performed by Kathryn Hodges, Albert Margolis, Nicky Simon, Hunter Woff, and Brendan Eder
Written by Brendan Eder and Andy Barnes
Mixed and Engineered by Brendan Eder
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