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DADDY'S HEAD

Starring: Julia Brown, Rupert Turnbull, Charlies Aitken, and Nathaniel Martello-White
Director: Benjamin Barfoot

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This film has been reviewed by Paige and Quentin as part of Bitesize Breakdown's coverage of the 2024 Fantastic Film Festival.

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PAIGE

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Although Daddy’s Head kind of feels like a ripoff of The Babadook, it’s still an unsettling and moody horror flick featuring a genuinely creepy creature design that will make the hair on your arms stand up. With that said, the characters don't have any depth, which makes them seem rather one-dimensional, even if the story does an effective job of tackling its theme of grief. Overall, this movie will be very hit or miss, as its ending is so rushed that it results in a very anti-climactic conclusion. Still, if you have Shudder, it's worth checking out for the haunting atmosphere in its first two acts.

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QUENTIN

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With Daddy’s Head, we have yet another atmospheric horror metaphor about dealing with grief. Honestly, it feels a lot like a knockoff of The Babadook, and, full disclosure, I am not a fan of The Babadook. As such, you can probably gather I wasn’t a huge fan here either. For one, it’s a very slow burn, rarely showing the creature we should be fearing until the very end, which becomes more annoying than anything. Second, it gives few explanations, seemingly trying to elicit forced interpretation to prove how smart it is rather than telling a story with clear purpose. Lastly…just meh. Meh, all around.

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