Movie

Daddy's Head

2024 · 92 min

A slow, dread-soaked study of grief that turns a family's mourning into something quietly monstrous and deeply unsettling.

Tagline: Family is everything.
Overview: A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, family, isolation, parenthood
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
isolation
parenthood
trauma
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild