A new horror anthology is coming up this weekend in the tradition of Creepshow and V/H/S. In it, we can witness the various forms of evil that lurk in the shadows.
Free to a Bad Home (2023) tells the story of the lives of three strangers – a widow, a thief, and an addict – as they are changed by cursed objects and those that spread them.
The Hale Brothers, Kameron Hale and Scott Hale, responsible for the awards-winner horror Entropy (2022), have been the writers, producers, and directors of the anthology film.
The main cast in Free to a Bad Home (2023) is formed by Miranda Nieman, Hayley Sunshine, Jake C. Young, Tyler McGraw, Roni Locke, Olivia Rose Barrell, Olivia Dennis, and Katelyn Nevin.
The directors stated that “ever since watching classic horror movies, such as Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Halloween (1978), at far too young of an age, we have always had an unshakeable love and obsession with film, but especially Horror. In our opinion, it is the most flexible, creative, and honest subgenre, and it affords those who embrace it an opportunity to tell stories that tap into every aspect of the human experience”. And talking about Free to a Bad Home (2023), “what began as a short film about grief and possession quickly became a smaller whole of a larger narrative about cursed objects passed down through the generations, to be used as gateways for cruel spirits who revel in suffering. Telling the story in an anthology format just made sense, and it gave us an opportunity to explore how to stretch the format while also staying true to it. Regardless of budget and time, it is always our goal to challenge ourselves, and we loved the idea of creating an anthology with a singular vision that used seemingly disconnected-but-actually-strongly-linked stories that subtly form what amounts to an origin story for our villainess”.
The movie is coming out on February 17, 2023, on the Terror Films streaming platform.
Watch the trailer for Free to a Bad Home (2023) here.
