Shudder has released nan trailer for its caller scary movie Daddy’s Head. The twisted and acheronian communicative is group aft nan untimely decease of a young boy’s father.
The boy is “left successful nan eerie solitude of a sprawling state property pinch his recently widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate nan overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their vulnerable enslaved astatine consequence of collapse.
“Amidst nan increasing tension, nan boy originates to perceive unsettling sounds echoing done nan corridors, and is soon haunted by nan beingness of a grotesque animal base a disturbingly acquainted resemblance to his precocious father.
“As nan boy’s warnings are dismissed arsenic nan imagination of a grieving child, nan sinister entity tightens its grip connected their crumbling lives.
The movie was written and directed by Benjamin Barfoot, and we person a small penetration to stock connected his career. It’s explained that he is simply a “self-taught filmmaker from Torbay, Devon. Beginning pinch animation films arsenic a child, he quickly moved onto video wherever he taught himself an array of skills from cameras and editing to animation, ocular effects and sound design.
“Moving to London pinch a short animated movie he had made astatine home, he was nominated for a Broadcast Young Talent Award and began cutting his teeth successful London pinch everything from movie trailers, mobility schematic promos to documentaries for BBC.
“Whilst betwixt these jobs, he continued to create his ain work, experimenting pinch acheronian animated shorts to afloat improvised comedies that he changeable and edited.
“It was these drama films, created pinch his friend and collaborator Danny Morgan, that yet lead to his directorial debut, Double Date. Released successful 2017 to cinemas nationwide, nan movie saw him shortlisted for a BIFA for champion debut director, whilst winning champion world characteristic astatine Strasbourg that year.
“Benjamin besides worked pinch nan set Goat connected nan soundtrack. The occurrence of this philharmonic collaboration inspired him further to research pinch euphony accumulation whilst processing his ain original screenplays. Daddy's Head is Barfoot's 2nd feature; He wrote, directed and edited nan film, arsenic good arsenic composed nan soundtrack.”
His caller movie Daddy’s Head looks for illustration a very creepy and well-made scary movie. The movie will beryllium released connected October 11th, pursuing its Fantastic Fest screenings.