2018 · comedy · horror · thriller
Mom and Dad
Directed by Brian Taylor1h 26m2018
In a suburban community, moms and dads, one after the other, mysteriously feel the irresistible impulse to attack and kill their own offspring.
Our read: Mom and Dad (2018) reads as a heavy, breathless, surreal comedy · horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme comedy / horror, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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“You want unhinged Nicolas Cage family horror played as pitch-black comedy.”
Skip it tonight — On-screen teens hunted by parents is a hard no for you tonight.
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