Father of Flies

2021

1 hr. 18 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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80%

5 Reviews

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15%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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When a young boy's mother is pushed out of the family home and replaced by his father's girlfriend, he finds himself confronting terrifying supernatural forces. Have they always been there, or have they hitched a ride with the new resident?

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Mad C

Nothing original not even plot. Acting all together was decent enough. The script was a mess. Plenty of ideas never flushed out or explored. They don't confuse you or act as a misdirection but as an excuse to carry the vehicle and waste time. So this whole film has no scares. Nor does it make you feel uneasy in anyway. The plot points have all been seen before and done better. The cinematography was trying to hard to be artsy. It didn't add any atmosphere. They might have been going for isolation, this would make one storylines have cause. Its as if the director saw something in another film and thought "hey ill do that too". Then pieced together a script and tricks from multiple films to make the whole movie. it could be said these are all homages, but the entire film is a tribute, to multiple films, with nothing original to say?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/09/23

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Kathy L

Reading the critic's reviews you might think this movie has merit. Boo! While the setting is horror worthy, with creepy woods and basement stairs, the theme never makes sense. Is it futuristic? Is it electronic sounds, techno-reality? You'll never know! Where the Hell are the flies anyway? Oh yeah, a few flies. There is no character development or historical context. One star for setting and one for the old mysterious neighbor lady. Her performance made it kind of worth it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/30/22

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dan b

I tried, just to boring nothing happened

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Whiteboy T

Made no sense, boring, and not even scary. This movie is dogsh*t

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/18/22

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Audience Member

This movie was terrible!!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Ben Charles Edwards

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Camilla Rutherford

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Nicholas Tucci

Richard

Sandra Andreis

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Davi Santos

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Leslie Felperin

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The vagueness around the supernatural elements is intriguing but Edwards can’t quite kick the whole thing up a notch to make the material really thematically rich, and relies too much on sonically driven jump scares.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 5, 2022

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Luke Spafford

Starburst

The film takes nearly all the tropes of horror cinema and at times eschews them, gentle caressing them or flipping them on their head. There are not one, but two ridiculously creepy moments this well-versed writer has never seen on screen before.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 11, 2022

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Luke Y. Thompson

Films Gone Wild

Like true night terrors, it never lets the audience get a handle on exactly what the threat is, and therefore, how it can possibly be survived.

Mar 7, 2022

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The confusion of incident and memory add to the sense of creepiness and disorientation which Tetlow's performance and the heightened visual style create.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 22, 2022

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Anton Bitel

Dirty Movies

Here a little boy's incomprehension of his own experience translates into unsettling, ultimately moving horror, even as the dead wreak their complicated, karmic revenge from beyond, making everyone pay the toll of tragic trauma.

Dec 8, 2021

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Synopsis

When a young boy's mother is pushed out of the family home and replaced by his father's girlfriend, he finds himself confronting terrifying supernatural forces. Have they always been there, or have they hitched a ride with the new resident?

Director: Ben Charles Edwards
Executive Producer: Emily Hunter Salveson, Joshua Zabar
Screenwriter: Ben Charles Edwards
Production Co: Goldfinch, Streamline Global Group, Number 44
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 12, 2022
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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