Home Movie Page #5

Synopsis: Documents one family's descent into darkness, using a compilation of found home-made footage. In the remote woods of upstate New York, the Poe family lives a Norman Rockwell life. Perfect house. Perfect marriage. If only the children stopped stapling frogs to trees. Something is very wrong with Jack and Emily Poe, the ten-year old twins. And, to stop them, their parents must enter the nightmare of their minds. The only question is: who will survive the night?
Director(s): Christopher Denham
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
R
Year:
2008
77 min
203 Views


anyways, there's this

inlet road there,

and off in the distance

I heard this music, right?

And it's weird,

but it sounds familiar,

so I jog a little closer

and I see this truck,

this ice-cream truck.

And I flagged him down.

He was coming toward me and I say,

"Hey, man, listen, it's a little loud

at 7:
00 in the morning

for you to be playing the music

the way you're playing it.

Would you mind turning it down

a little?" He says, "No problem."

Real nice guy,

and he gives me two ice-cream cones.

How about that?

I know you don't generally have

ice cream before you go to school,

but today's an exception.

Our kids don't deserve

ice cream right now.

They deserve a lecture

from their father

because what they did was wrong.

I know you're right. I've been

thinking about that.

Here's what I thought.

Why don't we make a movie?

Spend more family time together?

John, Paul...

and George.

Sorry, Ringo!

Come on, guys, let's go!

Perfectly decent Christmas trees just

waiting for us to put an axe in them!

There you go.

#It's chilly #

#Scarf on... #

oh, please!

Who loves you?

Do you love me? Hmm?

#Sleep in heavenly peace... #

Ruh-roh.

What are you guys saying?

Doing that thing they do.

I don't like that thing.

It's like their own language.

Stop that, okay?

Can you show me what

you're drawing?

You guys, secrets aren't nice.

Honey, secrets are essential.

Our children work

for the Honduras CIA Task Force.

Where am I turning?

I don't know,

just turn up there somewhere.

- Shouldn't there be a sign?

- I don't know.

We live in the middle

of the woods, we don't need a sign

- to tell us where the trees are.

- Okay, I just farted.

Ho ho ho!

Hey hey!

No running with the saw!

Christmas tree farm!

- How could you let Jack carry a saw?

- Trees of all sizes!

I carried a saw.

My dad let me when I was 10 years old.

- It's like a coming-of-age thing.

- It's dangerous.

Hey, how 'bout this one?

That tree's, like, anorexic.

- You're a pastor.

- "American Idol," look out.

#The first noel #

#The angels did sing... #

That's almost kind of scary.

#La la la la la la la #

#You're my everything. #

"And Cain...

and Cain said to Abel, his brother,

'Let us go out in the field.'

And when they were

in the field, Cain rose up

against his brother Abel

and killed him.

Then the Lord said to Cain,

'Where is Abel your brother? '

He said, 'I do not know.

Am I my brother's keeper? '

And the Lord said,

'What have you done?"'

"So...

so... so...

so this Christmas...

let's do more than

just open gifts.

Because we are...

all of us...

our brother's keeper.

Let's follow

in Christ's footsteps.

Let's...

let's fight evil on

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Christopher Denham

Christopher Denham is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He directed Home Movie (2008) and is best known for his role in Argo (2012) more…

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