Family History (2020) Poster

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Kirpianuscus18 September 2022
The state after the last scene is the basic gift of this film who, easily, can be defined as short horror, LGBT or Gothic . In fact, it is a religious film about death,capital sin, guilt and sacrifice as redeem. The twist is not so shocking and the answer to the names from notebook and acceptance of the night of father are inspired crafted in the meeting of scenes of violent reactions of mother and son between final credits.

A film about answers defining us in tradition of old Greek tragedy. This makes this film real special and propose more than an another gay love, intransigent father , shocking final of visit.

In same measure, admirable acting serves this intense story.

And the end, dominating entire story, creating angst and fury, perplexity and a not comfortable state because it is broken a taboo , because you feel than the son will be obedient or he will leave , is, in strange manner, the realistic one. Creating a version of Oedip in the circle of his fatum.
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10/10
Fantastic short with great cast and clever, original story.
CEEarl21 April 2021
Absolutely recommend checking out Family History. I not only enjoyed the cast, but the production, writing and originality behind the genre was all great.
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10/10
Family meeting.
morrison-dylan-fan25 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
After watching the vibrant Meta (2020-also reviewed) I continued playing the short movie line-up at the Soho Horror Film Festival,by examining family history.

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Inviting Sam over to meet the family,writer/director Mark J. Parker & cinematographer superbly build a false sense of calm atmosphere with long, stilted shots round the family table, where the metallic shine from the walls reflect the empty state of the family.

Closely working with editor Erin Waters, Parker criss-crosses Evan bringing his boyfriend Sam over at a family dinner,with an eerie, quiet sailing trip with Evan and his mum, which hits the waves with smash-cuts into short,sharp shocks of abrasive violence.

Welcomed by a fantastic ensemble cast performance, the screenplay by Parker studies the horror of homophobic rejection from the family to Evan,who Parker does not surprisingly flinch away from lashing out with an extreme act of deadly violence, which ignites a cycle of violence that haunts the household,and sinks the family home into the sea.
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