I may be an outlier here but I watched this film not once but twice the first night I saw it. I thought that the subject matter of this film was legitimately tragic; the manner in which the story unfolds creates a general sense of eeriness and then finally bleak horror.
The atmosphere is top notch. Father of Flies brings alive the memory of a suburban winter stillness in the 1990s which perfectly suits the plot. I always appreciate a film where the supernatural is shown to work within the natural, rather than focusing on some fantasy world where ghosts can kill people (they can't) or the day-to-day brutality of a human serial killer murdering people for the fun of it. I like it when a book or movie walks a thin line between psychological and supernatural horror, and this flick is a good example.
The atmosphere is top notch. Father of Flies brings alive the memory of a suburban winter stillness in the 1990s which perfectly suits the plot. I always appreciate a film where the supernatural is shown to work within the natural, rather than focusing on some fantasy world where ghosts can kill people (they can't) or the day-to-day brutality of a human serial killer murdering people for the fun of it. I like it when a book or movie walks a thin line between psychological and supernatural horror, and this flick is a good example.