Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Home: The Horror Story

HOLLYWOOD (March 20, 2012) -- The newly re-mastered indie black comedy, "HOME: The Horror Story" starring Grace Zabriskie ("Big Love") and Richard Beymer ("Westside Story") released this week on iTunes threatens to offend and inflame Right Wing types, particularly in an election year. The film chronicles the bizarre journey of Bob Parkinson, the ultra-conservative patriarch of a suburban Orange County, CA family whose inner demons come back to haunt him. A wickedly sardonic look at family values and the Catholic Church, "HOME" is the ultimate satire on Liberal vs. Conservative ideals and attitudes.

The film takes on such far-reaching issues as homophobia, prejudice, racism, pedophilia, pederast priests, incest, bigotry, coming out, bullying, kidnapping, rape, masturbation, interracial sex, juvenile demonic possession, the Second Amendment and murder.

Protagonist Bob (Richard Beymer) fancies himself a nice, normal upper-middle class Republican. But after a car accident and resulting brain operation, his latent prejudices turn into vivid experiences in his own home, turning his life into an increasingly horrifying nightmare, which eventually prompts a personal transformation. Laced with biting black humor, "HOME" actually has a light heart at its center, taking viewers on a surreal journey into the collective subconscious while making a disturbing and incisive social commentary that reflects society's conflictive soul.

"Our hope is that the iTunes release of 'HOME' will shine a comedic spotlight on the Right Wing's hypocritical rhetoric and their so called 'family values' platform," said Producer Dick Weaver. "We made 'HOME' to poke fun at the Republican Party of yore....clearly, not much has changed. It's as salient today as ever! With the 2012 Republican candidates dishing out their same ol' God, anti-gay this, don't-cut-the-military that, 'HOME' is the perfect antidote to all that silliness. Now let's see if they have a sense of humor. In any case, get yourself a proper cocktail and laugh."

"HOME: The Horror Story" follows Venezuelan Writer/Director Temi Lopez's cult classic, "Chain of Desire" (October Films). "We call 'HOME' a Dadaist comedy," Lopez said, "because, like Dada, the film attacks preconceived values and uses shock to subvert all conventions. It also forgoes a traditional narrative and uses absurdist humor and surreal imagery to find a coherence of its own. Like an antiwar movie that must show the horrors of war to make its point, 'HOME' portrays the horrors of prejudice from the protagonist's point of view in order to convey its anti-reactionary message. 'HOME' probes our collective subconscious to reflect issues like racism and homophobia that our contemporary culture pretends to have resolved. The key, of course, is grab the audience with thought-provoking irony. And in the end, it becomes an uplifting call for transformation and acceptance."   

"Best Li'l Horror House: "'HOME' is a no-holds-barred send-up of everything taboo that makes John Waters look like Martha Stewart." - LA Weekly

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