House of My Fathers (2018) User Reviews

A good concept that suffers from poor editing and ugly visuals

[CrazyCultFilms · 5/10 · 22 October 2018]

The story concept and the themes it works with are actually very strong and what drew me to the film in the first place. Sadly, the film looks lower budget than it probably was because the cinematography was very bland and made the viewing experience painful. It's a shame that there was a lack of visual cues to bump up the story, for example use of colours or visual references to enhance the fantasy setting the forest. An opportunity to use colour grading or even enriched vibrance could have made the viewing experience a lot more enjoyable and the story easier to follow. The music score was actually fantastic but again, poorly used for enhancing the story and there were moments of over-acting in some of the side character's performances. Overall, an interesting idea that reminded me of Annihilation but lacked the visual elegance to be rated the same.