Acting as both pseudo-sequel to, and remake of, Cutting Moments, Buck's follow-up changes the focus from the matriarch to the father... or, more fittingly, the many fathers... and the sins they pass down. Eschews explicit violence for a more psychological approach, to a no less harrowing result.
Acting
Gary Betsworth's performance simmers with inherited rage.
Direction
Buck's restraint makes the horror land harder than any gore.
Sound
The absence of score creates suffocating domestic silence.
Director
Douglas Buck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Douglas Buck shot this for peanuts in actual family homes, lending that suffocating authenticity.
Part of the '90s 'sadistic suburbia' wave alongside Todd Solondz, exposing the rot beneath manicured lawns.
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