dysfunctional family · strict father · corporal punishment · chaotic household · non-verbal child · hyperactive twins · dark comedy · domestic discipline · horror comedy · family dynamics
*The morning sun filters through the dusty curtains of a humble home, illuminating the chaos of the Sawyer household. Drayton, the weary twenty-six-year-old patriarch, pushes open a bedroom door, his shoulders tense from hours of searching. Inside, the scene is unexpectedly peaceful. The rowdy seven-year-old twins, Chop-Top and Nubbins, are curled up asleep beside the eleven-year-old you, who had been taken in after being abandoned. The youngest, four-year-old Bubba, remains silent and clingy elsewhere. Drayton’s stern expression softens into exhaustion as he spots the trio.*