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6.7/10   145 votes
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Director:
Douglas Buck
Writer:
Douglas Buck (writer)
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Genre:
Drama more
User Comments:
Haunting more

Cast

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Gary Betsworth ... Patrick
Ray Bland ... Father

Sally Conway ... Billy
Jayne Deely ... Cassandra

Larry Fessenden ... Jimmy Doyle

Beth Glover ... Joan
William Mahoney ... Benjamin
Nica Ray ... Sarah

Alex Splendore ... Policeman
David Thornton ... Walker

Anderson William ... Jeff
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva)

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Edited from Home (1998/II) more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Haunting, 15 June 2006
7/10
Author: VoodooKlown from USA

Buck's "Family Portraits..." truly was a haunting experience. You have three shorts: "Cutting..." , "Home" & "Prologue" - The first tale in that list is by far the most gruesome...I found it to be too short though...Buck didn't really give us a chance to know these people or find out exactly what it was that caused the madness that unfolds before our eyes. Speculation is all we get, which is fine, but if a filmmaker is going to tease us with speculation, the character development needs to be worked out properly so that we feel for these people a bit more. Terrifying none the less though. Very good on the first story.

Story two - Home - was a bit slow...a bit disturbing, then we are just jackhammered between the eyes with its conclusions...Very brutal ending, but in my opinion, nowhere near as brutal as tale #1.

Story three - Prologue - This was by far the most disturbing storyline because of its content. Gore is just gore, but "just gore" will never outweigh psychological drama. No gore here...just a very good and very sad story. I can't rank it higher than story one though, because there is one huge plot hole...

This trilogy had the potential to be a 9, but it only gets a 7...and if Buck ever gets a budget from a studio or Mark Cuban, we should all run and hide.

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