You can never fully anticipate the impact of a disappearance to a family.
The opening of Tom Hipp’s The Chain sees a young boy, potentially predicting darkness ahead by playing Bad Moon Rising on his cassette player, while asking where his father is.
Delilah, the mother tasks their neighbour, a local policeman to find her husband, in what sounds like a common occurence.
The Chain feels like it plays its hands quite early, in terms of the wider plot, but wants to play it more as a family drama than outright horror.
This is a melting pot ready to explode as tensions within the home start to rise, but what will tip them over the edge?
The Chain asks the question very rarely asked in horror; if you have monstrous potential, how will you keep your family safe?
To say the conclusion is harrowing is an understatement; this is intense.
The Chain screens as part of Panic Fest 2024.
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