A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Direction
Byrne treats metal like a character, not a gimmick.
Acting
Embry's physical transformation into possessed desperation.
Sound
Sunn O))) and Meshuggah weaponized as horror score.
Director
Sean Byrne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ethan Embry learned to actually play the complex guitar pieces — no hand doubles. The blisters were real.
Byrne specifically cast Pruitt Taylor Vince after his unforgettable turn in Heavy, creating an unofficial trilogy of gentle-giant-monsters with his earlier film The Loved Ones.
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