- Horror, Thriller
- 86 min
- NR
Rotten Tomatoes91%IMDb5.1
Where do monsters come from?
A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a relationship with a dangerous monster.
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Contemporary, grave, intimate and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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- tmdb28039023on TMDB · Aug 20227/10
The title Slapface suggests a dumb horror flick like Slender Man or The Bye Bye Man; fortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. This atmospheric, intriguing film written and directed by Jeremiah Kipp is the antithesis of a Dead Teenager Movie, and while it revolves around a supernatural element, its true, underlying horror is sadly quotidian. More than just a horror film, Kipp has crafted a modern fable, and his allegorical approach takes what could have been a heavy-handed and opportunistic lecture and transforms it into an oblique and subtle message (at least right until the closing credits). At the center of it all is a performance by August Maturo that’s, well, mature beyond his 14 years of age. He is Lucas, an orphaned boy living in a cabin on the outskirts of a small town with his older brother and quote-unquote guardian Tom (Mike Manning), a functional alcoholic. Mike disguises his physical abuse of Lucas under the pretense of the titular “game.” Lucas is also tormented physically by “the twins” (Bianca D'Ambrosio and Chiara D'Ambrosio), and emotionally by their friend Moriah (Mirabelle Lee), who’s either a victim of peer pressure or a sadistic little bitch. This
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Cast
- August MaturoLucas
- Mike ManningTom
- Libe BarerAnna
- Mirabelle LeeMoriah
- Bianca D'AmbrosioDonna
- Chiara D'AmbrosioRose
- Lukas HasselThe Monster
- Dan HedayaSheriff John Thurston
- Alixx SchottlandMrs. Blair
- John BackstromBartender
Crew
- Jeremiah KippDirector
- Jeremiah KippWriter
- Dominick SivilliDirector of Photography
- Katie DillonEditor
- Joe BenedettoProducer
- Artisha Mann-CooperProducer
- Mike ManningProducer
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