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Released 2 years ago.
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Daddy's Head
"Family is everything."
2024 1h 32m EN
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5.9
MID
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69
METACRITIC
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5.6
IMDB
★5.9TMDB · 176●69Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 7,075
Horror
Synopsis
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A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
“Family is everything.”
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Julia Brown
Laura
Nathaniel Martello-White
Robert
Charles Aitken
James
Mary Woodvine
Mary
Rupert Turnbull
Isaac
Kaisa Hammarlund
Miranda
Stevie Abrahms
Saanvi
Nila Aalia
Heather
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Benjamin Barfoot
- Writers
- Benjamin Barfoot
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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CAST
Did you know
Julia Brown and Nathaniel Martello-White and Charles Aitken carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
Did you know
Marketing tagline: "Family is everything.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt26682012 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Benjamin Barfoot directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 2 years ago.
- 2Julia Brown and Nathaniel Martello-White and Charles Aitken carry the top of the cast.
- 3Marketing tagline: "Family is everything.".
- 4IMDB entry: tt26682012 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Classified under 10 themes, including "widow", "shapeshifting", "forest", "grief".
The technical file
- Production design
- Isabel Pirillo
- Costume design
- Laura Parkes
- Makeup / hair
- Melissa Victoria Lee
- Sound
- Andy Coles
- Runtime
- 92 min · 1h 32m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Metacritic
- 69/100
- IMDB rating
- 5.6/10 · 7,075 votes
- MPAA
- TV-MA
Also by
Benjamin Barfoot
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Production companies
Who made it
arthrofilm
GB
Capture
GB
Onsight
GB
Quickfire Films
GB
Shout Loud Creative
GB
Stigma Films
GB
Key crew
- ProducerMatthew James Wilkinson
- ProducerPatrick Tolan
- Transportation CaptainDave Neo
- Script SupervisorZsani Nyerky
- Location ManagerCara Wiltshire
- ColoristAndy Lee
- Concept ArtistBrad Greenwood
- Special Effects SupervisorEddy Popplewell
- ADR MixerRob Ackerman
- Sound Re-Recording MixerAndy Coles
- Foley EditorJavier Delgado
- Foley RecordistJavier Delgado
- Sound Effects EditorDan Hibbert
- Foley SupervisorBlair Jollands
- Sound DesignerBlair Jollands
- Foley ArtistAmaya Soler Coca
- Co-ProducerJamie Harvey
- Executive ProducerJames Atherton
- Executive ProducerMatthew Cooksley
- Executive ProducerTony Maher
- Executive ProducerSimon Lewis Marriott
- Executive ProducerM.J. McMahon
- Executive ProducerInderpal Singh
- Executive ProducerJan Pace
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- widow
- shapeshifting
- forest
- grief
- alcoholic
- entity
- dead father
- folk horror
- guardianship
- stepmother stepson relationship
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2024-09-22· Fantastic Fest
- Theatrical (limited)2024-10-11
- Digital2024-10-11· Shudder
Also known as
International titles
- او پدرت نیستIR
- این بابا نیستIR
- ผีหัวพ่อTH
