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Mom and Dad (2017)

Mom and Dad poster
Directed by
Brian Taylor
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 1,078 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious signal makes parents suddenly want to kill their kids. Two siblings try to survive their own mom and dad as the violence spreads through their town.

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What happens

Mom and Dad is a 2017 black comedy horror film written and directed by Brian Taylor. Starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair, the film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released on January 19, 2018, by Momentum Pictures. The plot follows incidents where unexplained static causes parents to kill their children. A joint British and American production, the film underperformed at the box office but received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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