‘A mother’s love is not to die for’
Amelia’s Children is a 2023 horror film about a young man who reconnects with his mother and twin brother but soon regrets it.
Written, directed and co-produced by Gabriel Abrantes (Diamantino). Also produced by Margarida Lucas.
The Portuguese Artificial Humors production stars Brigette Lundy-Paine, Carloto Cotta, Anabela Moreira, Alba Baptista and Rita Blanco.
Plot:
When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother. Finally, he will discover who he is and where he comes from. But nothing is as it seems, and Edward will soon learn that he is linked to them by a monstrous secret…
Reviews:
“Where you notice the coveted ‘Abrantes touch’ in all this scenario is in technology as a narrative lever, in this case, the mechanism and the respective application of DNA, possibility and impossibility united in futurisms as part of the director’s cinema (here less delirious and more prone to making a horror film following the instructions of a manual).” Cinemagain
Release:
The film premiered at the 2023 MOTELx Lisbon Horror Film Festival on September 16, 2023.
In the US, Magnolia Pictures will release Amelia’s Children theatrically in select locations and on VOD starting March 1st, 2024.
Trailer:
Technical specs:
1 hour 31 minutes
Aspect ratio: 2:1
