Mother Father Sister Brother Frank

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The Jennings family couldn’t be more painfully suburban, but when asshole Uncle Frank crashes their weekly Sunday dinner with a nasty surprise, murder turns up on the menu.

It’s Sunday family dinner and you can cut the tension with a knife. Dad's drinking, Jim’s buried in his phone, Jolene’s on a cleanse, and Mom's doing her best to cover the silence with idle chit-chat. On the surface, they seem like a happy family, but trouble is brewing. When Uncle Frank shows up, and the adult children learn that he’s been blackmailing their parents, the Jennings' thoughts turn to murder. Once the haze of bloodlust, wine and pie clears, the Jennings’ realize they have no clue how to be murderers, how to get rid of a body, or how the hell to get out of this bloody mess! Can they overcome secrets and dysfunction to learn that the family that slays together stays together?

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Panic Fest 2024

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Caden Douglas grew up in snowy Calgary AB, and after living in Toronto for a decade he now resides in sunny LA, where he works as a screenwriter, director and producer. As a director he was won multiple awards for his short film POP, including the Leslie Paige Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking, and the Gold Award from LA Shorts. He has directed pieces for the Los Angeles LGBT Center 50th Gala. As a writer, Caden has partnered with major companies on both feature and episodic projects, and in 2016 co-founded his production company littleBULL, with his husband, actor/producer Michael Lomenda. Currently Caden is developing a new feature comedy, AMERICAN BEEF.