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Daddy's Head

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In the wake of his father's untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors, and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. As the boy's warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives.

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Alison Foreman indieWire Daddy’s Head isn’t likely to stick around as a film that genre fans will revisit often, but as far as haunting and half-baked ghost stories, Shudder subscribers could do worse than this sort-of-good-sort-of-bad pain in the neck. Rated: B Oct 10, 2024 Full Review Phil Hoad Guardian A monster, or the supernatural, as a manifestation of uncontainable emotions is hardly a new idea... Daddy’s Head adopts this increasingly familiar tactic, and just about succeeds in freshening it up. Rated: 3/5 Oct 8, 2024 Full Review Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting Daddy’s Head is handsomely crafted, with a creature design that’s pure nightmare fuel. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 28, 2024 Full Review Xero Gravity Big Gold Belt Media "This film makes me want to jump out of my skin. It’s one part creature feature, and one part home invasion, thrown together and solidified with the glue of familial trauma and grief. It’s really messed up" Rated: 4/5 Nov 20, 2024 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Yes, there are a few creepy, spooky scenes, but they are not enough to save the film from itself. Nov 6, 2024 Full Review Elliott Collins Movie Files I wanted more from the storytelling and I wished it had better payoffs and better pacing because after about 45 mins of nothing happening, you start to see the story fall apart. The characters' emotional elements were blatantly one-dimensional. Rated: 2/5 Oct 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tom L There are some novel and Imaginative ideas here executed skillfully. Despite a few plot holes that are glossed over, a genuine atmosphere of the spectral and weird is achieved. The ending, where many films like this flounder, is effective and even manages to be cautiously upbeat without slipping too far into cheesiness. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Courtney K honestly, not bad at all. it's not a masterpiece by any means, but it's a decent watch. i like the premise; not sure what that ending was though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Logan D After her husband passes away, his wife is left with a stepson she barely knows. And something is in the woods.... Atmospheric slow burn that often is too slow. Still, praise for the young man who does a fantastic job portraying grief and anger. One ponders whether the cold isolate house is more terrifying than the creature haunting it. Very creepy and atmospheric. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review prawnda s the script was pretty bad, and there was some decent monster design but otherwise not much of value going on here. it's especially annoying that they keep playing the same obviously fake "video game" sfx loop over and over while the kid is playing his bintendo twitch Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Wendy N Sufficiently creepy and unique to be worth the watch Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Oaklee D This movie was ok but it is just ok, with such a unique premise for the film I thought so much more could of been done. In conclusion it's not as good as it could of been. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In the wake of his father's untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors, and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. As the boy's warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives.
Director
Benjamin Barfoot
Producer
Mathew James Wilkinson, Patrick Tolan
Screenwriter
Benjamin Barfoot
Distributor
Shudder
Genre
Horror
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 11, 2024
Runtime
1h 37m