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26 December 2008 (UK) morePlot:
Mum and Dad, and their 'adopted' children, Birdie & Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds... more | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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Best British indie horror in years more (53 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Perry Benson | ... | Dad |
 | Dido Miles | ... | Mum |
| Olga Fedori | ... | Lena |
| Ainsley Howard | ... | Birdie |
| Toby Alexander | ... | Elbie |
| Micaiah Dring | ... | Angela |
| Mark Devenport | ... | Van Man |
| Chris Roebuck | ... | Young Man |
| Clare Dyer | ... | Female Torso (as Claire Dyer) |
| Penny Andrews | ... | Office Cleaner |
| Arthur Fox | ... | Office Cleaner |
| Kelly Lammond | ... | Office Cleaner |
| Leon Lammond | ... | Office Cleaner |
| Dena Smiles | ... | Office Cleaner |
| Yvonne Varnier | ... | Office Cleaner |
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84 min | Germany:90 min (European Film Market)Country:
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I recently saw Mum & Dad at UK's FrightFest festival, and have to say it blew me away as being one of the best, most balls-out British horror films in years.
The cast are all uniformly excellent (with Ainsley as Birdie and Perry as Dad being particularly brilliant), and the well-written script is full of very dark humour. Imagine The Royle Family meets The People Under The Stairs as interpreted by Mike Leigh.
The film is brilliantly directed by Steven Sheil for it's reported £100k budget limitation, and there are several classic scenes - the best being the nightmarish Christmas party which will bring uncomfortable laughter to anyone who has experienced a 'traditional British family Christmas' (although how can you also forget the scene where Dad pleasures himself with a piece of flesh!).
A genuinely solid shocker - I hope that Mum & Dad gets the release it deserves.