Matriarch (2022)
Release Year: 2022
Nation: United Kingdom
Alternative Title: Matriarca, 悪夢のスウィート・ホーム, Przegonić demony, Матриарх, 메이트리아크
Director: Ben Steiner
Writer: Ben Steiner
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Eoin O'Faolain, Ian Sharp
Co-Producer: Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar
Executive Producer: Arbi Pedrossian, David Brooks, Jenna Cavelle
Companies: 20th Digital Studio, Sharp House
Genre: Horror
Budget: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: body horror, demon, demon woman, disease, female frontal nudity, female nudity, filmed in uk, folk horror, male nudity, male rear nudity, mysterious disease, penis, personal demons, returning to childhood home, supernatural horror
Story
In 'Matriarch', a woman survives an overdose but is left afflicted with a mysterious disease. She returns to her childhood home aiming to confront her personal demons. Instead, she discovers a real demonic presence there.
Summary
Directed by Ben Steiner and set in the UK, 'Matriarch' (2022) is a rural family trauma body horror film starring Kate Dickie ('Game of Thrones', 'The Green Knight') and Jemima Rooper ('The Girlfriend Experience', upcoming 'Flowers in the Attic: The Origin'). This movie serves as a thematic successor to Steiner's 2018 short film 'URN'. It explores themes of personal trauma, family dynamics, and perhaps supernatural horror.
