Come To Daddy (Horror Movie Review)

8/10

Norval is thirty something man who has grown up without a father. When he suddenly receives a letter from his one and only dad he will travel miles to see him for the first time. And when the terrors of the past come knocking at the door he will stop at nothing to help his daddy...

COME TO DADDY is a surprising horror movie debut from Art Thompson who produces a lot of independent films, including my favourite New Zealand horror comedy Housebound. He has the skill to link the emotional and the grotesque, with the end result being something, and you can be sure of yourself when you say it, you had never seen before. The story is surprising by itself, holding plenty of twists, but it’s the beginning’s moody and slow pacing that will mislead you as to what’s to come... to say more will mean to spoil it. 

Elijah Wood had taken on many quirky questionable roles  in the past decade, all to try to enhance himself as an actor and he does well. A very unglamorous and almost pathetic role, here he gets to the bottom of our hearts, because everyone roots for the underdog. Most importantly as an actor he enjoys horror films, he produces them and acts in them and his passion is obvious. Here he is having a blast, his character is an oddball of grotesque, sympathetic and sad. Once again this journey is so bizarre I can reveal no more in fear of spoiling in.

If you rarely watch independent films let this one be your choice, as whether you like horror or not this one is really worth a try.