Top 21 must-see new dysfunctional family movies from dysfunctional family movies, including Wolfkin - Kommunioun, A House on the Bayou, Antlers, Censor, Demonic, Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, Hellbender, Lair, and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin ranked and rated by release date, new dysfunctional family movie releases first.
Plot / Synopsis: Single mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin's aggressive behaviour, she visits his late father's estranged family in small-town Luxembourg, which hides a much darker nature. When she realizes that Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son's future...
Director: Jacques Molitor Stars: Louise Manteau, Victor Dieu, Marja-Leena Junker, Jules Werner, Marco Lorenzini
Plot / Synopsis: Follows a troubled couple and their daughter who go on vacation to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou to reconnect as a family. But when unexpected visitors arrive, the unity starts to unravel...
Director: Alex McAulay Stars: Lia McHugh, Angela Sarafyan, Paul Schneider, Jacob Lofland, Lauren Richards
Plot / Synopsis: Director Scott Cooper's Antlers (2021), is produced by Guillermo del Toro, Disney’s Searchlight was originally scheduled to release in movie theaters in April 2020, but that date was pushed back due to the ongoing pandemic.
Antlers (2021) will now be releasing in theaters on October 29, 2021.
Based on the scary short story "The Quiet Boy" by Nick Antosca ("Channel Zero"). The Antlers movie...
Director: Scott Cooper Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze
Plot / Synopsis: After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality...
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond Stars: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta
Plot / Synopsis: A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed...
Director: Neill Blomkamp Stars: Carly Pope, Terry Chen, Chris William Martin, Nathalie Boltt, Michael J Rogers
Plot / Synopsis: A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside...
Plot / Synopsis: Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival...
Plot / Synopsis: A lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft.
Limited Edition Blu-ray release September 16, 2025
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Original lossless stereo 2.0 audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new audio commentary with filmmakers Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams and Lulu Adams
From the Forest She...
Directors: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rinzin Thonden
Plot / Synopsis: A fractured family are forced to face their demons, metaphorically and literally, as they unwittingly become embroiled in a man's attempt to prove the existence of the supernatural in order to overturn a friend's murder conviction...
Director: Adam Ethan Crow Stars: Oded Fehr, Corey Johnson, Emily Haigh, Sean Buchanan, Alexandra Gilbreath
Plot / Synopsis: Margot, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family...
Director: William Eubank Stars: Roland Buck III, Emily Bader, Kyli Zion, Tom Nowicki, Gunner Wright
Plot / Synopsis: Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die...
Plot / Synopsis: Pascal and his wife Sophie have been running a small local butcher's shop for about twenty years. Sophie stands with great love for her customers at the cash register and Vincent cuts the carefully selected meat with just as much love. And they lived happily ever after, you might think. But then, as is the case with many small...
Director: Fabrice Eboué Stars: Marina Foïs, Fabrice Eboué, Jean-François Cayrey, Lisa Do Couto Texeira, Virginie Hocq
Plot / Synopsis: After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims. An adaptation of a short story by New York Times Best Seller JOE HILL...
Director: Scott Derrickson Stars: Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Madeleine McGraw, E. Roger Mitchell
Plot / Synopsis: Filmed in Welsh, the picture follows a young woman serving privileged guests at a dinner party in a remote house in rural Wales. The assembled guests do not realize they are about to eat their last supper...
Director: Lee Haven Jones Stars: Caroline Berry, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Annes Elwy, Julian Lewis Jones
Plot / Synopsis: A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be...