Stars: Nicholas Tucci, Camilla Rutherford, Sandra Andreis, Davi Santos, Page Ruth, Colleen Heidemann, Malik Ibheis, Carl Prekopp, Keaton Tetlow, Lida Fox | Written by Nadia Doherty, Ben Charles Edwards | Directed by Ben Charles Edwards
[Note: With the film out this week on digital, here’s a reposting of our review of Father of Flies from its Grimmfest screening last year]
Father of Flies comes from the minds of writers Nadia Doherty and Ben Charles Edwards (also directing) and attempts to tread the same creepy path of films such as Hereditary, The Lodge and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. The film tells the story of a young boy and his older sister who suddenly see their mother pushed out of the family home and a new woman replacing her. The new woman has a sense of creepiness about her (not just a dodgy accent) and there might just be something supernatural occurring.
There are times when the movie does make it work with that dark, slow and occasionally tense tone that...
[Note: With the film out this week on digital, here’s a reposting of our review of Father of Flies from its Grimmfest screening last year]
Father of Flies comes from the minds of writers Nadia Doherty and Ben Charles Edwards (also directing) and attempts to tread the same creepy path of films such as Hereditary, The Lodge and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. The film tells the story of a young boy and his older sister who suddenly see their mother pushed out of the family home and a new woman replacing her. The new woman has a sense of creepiness about her (not just a dodgy accent) and there might just be something supernatural occurring.
There are times when the movie does make it work with that dark, slow and occasionally tense tone that...
- 4/12/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
All hail Saint Maud as we prepare to rejoice in her ascension. A24‘s psycho-evangelical thriller will be the first horror movie shown in theaters since Covid-19 Stephen-King-novelized us all. And if that’s not scary enough, it’s being compared to Hereditary and The Witch as the next great modern horror film. The film will open nationwide on July 17.
Saint Maud is a “chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world,” according to its official website. “Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.” This is the first feature from writer/director Rose Glass, who brings a vibe similar to the claustrophobic horror classics Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and Repulsion (1965).
The film stars Morfydd Clark in the title role, a private...
Saint Maud is a “chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world,” according to its official website. “Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.” This is the first feature from writer/director Rose Glass, who brings a vibe similar to the claustrophobic horror classics Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and Repulsion (1965).
The film stars Morfydd Clark in the title role, a private...
- 6/17/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The debut film of writer/director Rose Glass, “Saint Maud” is the latest bold horror movie from A24, the studio that brought you Robert Eggers’ “The Witch,” and Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” and “Midsommar.” Opening March 27, 2020 in the U.S., the film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Watch the first trailer for the film below.
Back when “Saint Maud” and Glass won a special film prize in the U.K. backed by the British Film Institute, in October from a jury led by Danny Boyle, he described Glass as “an extraordinary talent and powerful storyteller” and said the film was “a genuinely unsettling and intriguing film. Striking, affecting and mordantly funny at times, its confidence evokes the ecstasy of films like ‘Carrie,’ ‘The Exorcist,’ and Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin.’ Her skill in successfully incorporating original elements to a genre story and finding new ways to offer...
Back when “Saint Maud” and Glass won a special film prize in the U.K. backed by the British Film Institute, in October from a jury led by Danny Boyle, he described Glass as “an extraordinary talent and powerful storyteller” and said the film was “a genuinely unsettling and intriguing film. Striking, affecting and mordantly funny at times, its confidence evokes the ecstasy of films like ‘Carrie,’ ‘The Exorcist,’ and Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin.’ Her skill in successfully incorporating original elements to a genre story and finding new ways to offer...
- 12/17/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
It's not long now before AFI Fest 2019 kicks off on November 14th, so details on the genre films set to be screened at the festival have been announced. Also in today's Horror Highlights: The Addams Family Halloween screenings, Gibson's Behind the Board interview with A Nightmare on Elm Street composer Charles Bernstein, a look at the short film Bienvenue, Cavitycolors' Halloween: H20 and Halloween: Resurrection apparel, and the poster for Black Wood.
Lineup Revealed for AFI Fest 2019: "AFI Fest 2019 presented by Audi, the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of cinema, will take place Thursday, November 14 – Thursday, November 21 in the heart of Hollywood.
Tickets can be purchased starting October 30 at https://fest.afi.com/tickets/
Bacurau – World Cinema
The inhabitants of a remote Brazilian village realize that their town has been erased from the map. When the water supply is cut, cell-phone coverage fades and a local family is murdered,...
Lineup Revealed for AFI Fest 2019: "AFI Fest 2019 presented by Audi, the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of cinema, will take place Thursday, November 14 – Thursday, November 21 in the heart of Hollywood.
Tickets can be purchased starting October 30 at https://fest.afi.com/tickets/
Bacurau – World Cinema
The inhabitants of a remote Brazilian village realize that their town has been erased from the map. When the water supply is cut, cell-phone coverage fades and a local family is murdered,...
- 10/31/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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