'Mum And Dad' came highly recommended and I'd never heard of it before but I'm thankful I did.
It's a short little independent thing and it's hard to say much about this film without giving away the plot. But pretty superb acting combined with a chilling story makes this one of the most chilling films I've ever seen and it holds some of the most disturbing scenes I've seen on film. Let's just say you'll remember Christmas in a whole new way after this film!
Lena meets Birdie and her strangely quiet brother at Heathrow airport where they all work. By accident (??) Lena misses the bus home and has to spend the night with Birdie and her family.
Well, from then on we go into a story where mum and dad, brilliantly played by Dido Miles and Perry Benson, are the bosses and you don't want to do anything to piss off daddy! In this household, family is everything!
Written and directed by Steven Sheil, a relative newcomer who I'm sure most audiences, especially the American, haven't heard much from. But I think there will be lots of interesting projects spawned by his hand in the near future.
About once per year I get excited about a horror film, its surprises and its refreshing approach to the genre. And this film is definitely the first one this year. There are others in the horizon I'm very excited about and I hope I'll have a record year in that department.
Horror is such an interesting genre because there's so much of it and to get anywhere with a story you constantly have to stretch it to new places. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it redefines the whole genre.
This film is sort of in between everything. It's not that it's completely original but it mixes elements in a clever way and puts a brilliant madness into an everyday situation and that creeps the pants off me.
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