Daddy's Head
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| Directed by | Benjamin Barfoot |
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Running time | 97 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom[1] |
| Language | English |
Daddy's Head is a 2024 horror film directed by Benjamin Barfoot. It premiered at Fantastic Fest 2024 and was released on Shudder on October 11, 2024.[2]
Premise
[edit]After the funeral of his father, James (Charles Aitken), who was the victim of a car accident, Isaac (Rupert Turnbull) and his stepmother Laura (Julia Brown) are haunted by a strange creature that starts to walk around the house.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Rupert Turnbull - Isaac
- Julia Brown - Laura
- Charles Aitken - James
- Nathaniel Martello-White - Robert
- Mary Woodvine - Mary
- Nila Aalia - Heather
- Matthew Allen - The Creature
- Lexi Austin-Jones - Alex
- Delta - Bella
- Lucy Doyle - Dr. Alice Way
- Phillipa Flynn - Louise
- Stella Gonet - Ava
- Kaisa Hammarlund - Miranda
- Alice Handoll - Bridgette
- James Harper-Jones - Older Isaac
- Deepica Stephen - Saanvi
Reception
[edit]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 31 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[4]
Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film 3/4 stars, noting its similarities to The Babadook and Under the Skin. He wrote, "it all works primarily because of Barfoot's oversight of the film's sharp technical elements, including fantastic production design, cinematography, and editing."[5] The Guardian's Phil Hoad gave it 3/5 stars, writing, "A monster, or the supernatural, as a manifestation of uncontainable emotions is hardly a new idea, especially as so-called elevated horror has leaned into the concept... Daddy's Head adopts this increasingly familiar tactic, and just about succeeds in freshening it up with a superlative creature and great production design."[6] Alison Foreman of IndieWire gave it a B grade, saying it "isn’t likely to stick around as a film that genre fans will revisit often, but as far as haunting and half-baked ghost stories, Shudder subscribers could do worse than this sort-of-good-sort-of-bad pain in the neck."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Video Interview: Benjamin Barfoot Discusses the Eerie Imagery and Frayed Family Dynamics of DADDY'S HEAD". Daily Dead. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "'Daddy's Head': Review". ScreenDaily. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Daddy's Head". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Daddy's Head". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 3, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ Tallerico, Brian (October 11, 2024). "Daddy's Head movie review (2024)". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on 2024-09-29. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Hoad, Phil (2024-10-08). "Daddy's Head review – a creature emerges from grief in clever British psychological horror". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Foreman, Alison (2024-10-10). "'Daddy's Head' Review: Truly Terrifying Images Recommend This Maddening Enigma from Shudder". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
External links
[edit]- Daddy's Head at IMDb
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