Fantastic Fest 2024 kicked off in Austin last night, which also means, more or less, that horror movie season has officially started.
So what indie and foreign horror flicks will grab the festival audience’s attention this year? One frontrunner there is “Daddy’s Head,” the sophomore feature from English director Benjamin Barfoot.
READ MORE: Fantastic Fest 2024 Lineup Includes ‘Never Let Go,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Teacup,’ ‘Ebony And Ivory’ “Daddy’s Home” is a departure in genre for the self-taught Barfoot, his first horror film after splashing onto the British indie cinema scene with his 2017 directorial debut “Double Date.” But the set-up for the film sounds like one honed by a horror regular: a young boy grieving for his recently deceased father discovers his house is haunted …by a creature with eerie similarities to his Dad.
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