A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
- jackmeatSeptember 27, 2025My quick rating - 4.4/10. Quick shuffle for #shocktober while I am working. Currently streaming on Amazone prime. I immediately am liking the creepy atmosphere that is created by a pseudo-black-and-white look to it. It isn't b/w just certain scenes are while others have a purposely washed out look to the colors. That, along withthe very subtle use of music in the background, really is setting the mood. Not a good movie for background noise since it roped me into wondering what is going on with the weird step-mom and her mask, and the mother who is estranged from the family for some reason. So showing off some very good aesthetics trapped me in an extremely slow-moving story that had glimpses of hope never recognized. I watched, and they would occasionally have a scene that alludes to horror, but for the most part, nothing really happened until the last 10 minutes or so. I will say a couple of scares in this one were well-filmed, and the cinematographer deserves some real kudos. But I am left with characters and images that were completely unexplained, such as a neighbor and a clown on the TV. It was more like they were there to create a mood and raise questions that the writers had no intention of answering. Even what I mentioned with the mistress and her mask goes basically unexplained in what the mask is even for and what her role in this movie even is. The whole movie revolves around the father, Nicholas Tucci who, like the rest of the cast, does a fine job with what they are working with, but in explaining his grief, they fail to explain too much of the story. I felt like it was a great example of "all style and no substance," so my recommendation is that if you are a real fan of indie horror, it would be worth a watch, once.
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Father of Flies was released on October 14, 2021.
Father of Flies was directed by Ben Charles Edwards.
Father of Flies has a runtime of 76m.
Father of Flies was produced by Kirsty Bell, Ben Charles Edwards.
A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.
The key characters in Father of Flies are Linda (Sandra Andreis), Coral (Camilla Rutherford), Richard (Nicholas Tucci).
Father of Flies is a Horror, Thriller film.
Father of Flies has an audience rating of 1.3 out of 10.