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Father of Flies

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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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Father of Flies

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Leslie Felperin Guardian 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 Full Review Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana Moving Pictures Film Club Father of Flies then is a bleakly grim look at family tragedy and an exploration of the grief it breeds. Rated: 3/5 Jul 15, 2024 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jamie O Just horrible. Not scary at all. Story is lame. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/10/24 Full Review 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 Full Review dan b I tried, just to boring nothing happened Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was terrible!!! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
Producer
Ben Charles Edwards, Svana Gisla, Phil McKenzie, Emily Hunter Salveson, Kirsty Bell
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
Runtime
1h 18m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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