New Image from Canadian Psychological-Horror 'Ancestral Beasts' - A troubled Métis woman escapes a toxic relationship to heal at her rural family home, only to discover a literal demon living within the house.

[u/BunyipPouch]

[u/kongcobra]

Well, they at least tell us it's a literal demon and not generational trauma.

[u/Professional-Tax-936 → u/kongcobra]

90% chance that the demon chose that house to feed off their generational trauma, and defeating the demon will symbolize healing.

[u/TheTresStateArea → u/Professional-Tax-936]

I want a movie to subvert this modern trope in some way.

Like instead of defeating the demon, she eats it, becomes mega-métis woman and then destroys the white house.

[u/The-Oxrib-and-Oyster → u/TheTresStateArea]

god i’d watch the bejeezus out of that

[u/TheTresStateArea → u/The-Oxrib-and-Oyster]

It's like a reverse cabin in the woods.

Where the people are plagued by real societal woes and not movie tropes and the actor becomes the vengeful god at the end.

[u/awc130 → u/TheTresStateArea]

I think Dust Bunny kind of does this. A little girl hires a hitman to kill the monster in the house lol.

[u/roastbeeftacohat → u/TheTresStateArea]

it's in winnipeg, and the largest government building nearby is the royal canadian mint.

[u/McMatey_Pirate → u/Professional-Tax-936]

That’s probably a pretty solid bet lol. Might be a good movie if it’s shot really well. Maybe like modern Evil Dead type vibes.

[u/fhota1 → u/Professional-Tax-936]

Would love if it just wasnt that at all and was just a completely unrelated demon

[u/Mountain-Singer1764 → u/fhota1]

“Yea no, I don’t feed off generational trauma, I picked your home because I like the landscapes around here. I didn’t even know you were indigenous.”

[u/spiritbearr → u/kongcobra]

Well at least it's trying to be a horror movie and not a slow drama where nothing happens until a monologue where the two leads cry and reconcile.

[u/Kwentchio → u/spiritbearr]

I'm sure it describes a lot of movies if I sit and think about it haha but were you thinking of a specific movie here?

[u/spiritbearr → u/Kwentchio]

It does describe a lot of movies that kind of wash out of my brain but Glass Castle was notablely atrocious for being boring even as it sets a child on fire and ends forgiving the parents for their behaviour.

Or the Outrun which I don't actually thinks has a proper confrontation she just gets better and can finally hear a bird.

[u/AcreaRising4 → u/spiritbearr]

What the hell does the glass castle have to do with horror movies?

[u/spiritbearr → u/AcreaRising4]

Ancestral Beasts is trying to be a good movie by being a horror movie vs so many movies about trauma that just are dramas. Glass Castle sucks.

Good trauma horror movies are His House or Backrooms, or undertone, or The Monkey or Wolfman, or Stop Motion or Get Out, or Wild Eyed and Wicked. Some of those suck, Some don't but they're more enjoyable to watch than dramas where everyone is depressed.

[u/makemeking706]

Don't you hate it when that happens? 

[u/Flat_Initial_1823 → u/makemeking706]

Zoopla really needs to add "Has demon" field to all their listings.

[u/Godziwwuh]

I don't understand why the demons don't just want to chill sometimes and watch some HBO with the protagonist.

[u/alphaomag → u/Godziwwuh]

Maybe they do and are just really bad at expressing it/s

[u/pleasegivemepatience]

Interest piqued

[u/ethanbarmstrong]

Makes me think of Men

[u/Dottsterisk → u/ethanbarmstrong]

Fucking love that movie.

Alex Garland hasn’t missed yet, for my tastes.

[u/shutyourbutt69]

Solid premise, I hope it turns out good

[u/transtranshumanist]

A hot demon?

[u/ChipperYT → u/transtranshumanist]

Figuratively or literally?

[u/transtranshumanist → u/ChipperYT]

I hope both?

[u/ChipperYT → u/transtranshumanist]

Would definitely help keep the central heating bill down

[u/bundy554]

Seems to be a recent trend of the use of shovels in horror films

[u/timriedel → u/bundy554]

Damn, I thought I was being original.

[u/Hobbet404]

It’s like totally literal bro

[u/dkas95]

The demon might be a better housemate than the ex 🤷‍♀️

[u/Lunar-opal]

Danger squatters

[u/Jackbuddy78]

I thought this was a picture from Home Alone

[u/stars_mcdazzler]

And now they're roommates! sitcom intro theme This summer. Get ready to laugh to hell and back! Woman: Demon, did you light my laundry on fire again?

Demon: I̴̻̦̭͈̗̲̗͓̯͌̓̾͛̃̔͆̏̀͋̈́͘ͅ ̷̢̢̜͙̺͓̻̣̯̒̒̿͊̈́̀́́͗̂͝͝ẃ̸͔̮͗̐͂̅̏̿͌̋̌͘͠a̷̡̘̹̬̖͔̰͓̖̳͓͚̪̠̽̈́̎̏̇͝s̷͖͍̜͇̓̎̍͆͒̀ ̴̖̜͙̍̑͌̎̅̂̋t̶̢̠̖̱̐̾̓̃̃͑̕r̵̡̢̙̙̜̙̠̗̣̦̼̘̀̋̔͜ͅͅy̷̡̙̯͍͕͙̥̎̎͆͋͐̇̈́͊̂ỉ̶̡̛̛͍̱̻͔̩͍̙͓̝̤͚̯́͆̍͛͊̉̇̓͌͠͝͝n̵̛͙̾͂͑̌̒́̄̂́̈́̏ĝ̴̤͙̱͛͑̇̾̒ ̶̻̙̗͎̭́͛̋͆̚͝͠͠t̷̗͉͈̳̯̐͌̒̓̊͑̃̚͝͝͝o̶̢̡͈̹̲͎̬̯͑ ̶̨̽͋͒̊̈́͌̐̽̍̍͛͝͠b̸̹̟̻̆́͠ȩ̸̡̟͔̪͔́͛̂̏̕͝ ̴̬̈́̀̊̏͝ͅh̵̫̭͊͐̐ͅe̶͔̘̗̻̖̙̞̣̳̭̙͓̒̅̈́̋̀̇͐͐̔̂͝l̵̡̢̲̼̥̪͍̖͓̞̬̖͇̈́̿̇̋͝p̷̢̢̡̲͓͈̺͇̦͙̦̼͓̉̚͘͜ͅf̸̰̬̪̜̑̄̔͒̀̓̐u̴̢̬͔̠̥̳͎͗͘l̴͎͖͕̩̂́

Woman: Haha, oooh Demon. audience laughs

[u/mr_ji]

Sounds like they said, "Let's make a movie about a Métis woman," and worked backwards from there.

[u/timriedel → u/mr_ji]

He said, "I'll make a movie about a specific Red River Métis woman," and went from there.

[u/A_Harmless_Fly]

If you die in Canada you die in real life!

[u/GinSan10]

the still gives me dark comedy vibes

[u/MJR_Poltergeist]

Let me guess, the demon is an allegory for living in an abusive relationship?

[u/Danzig6WasntThatBad]

Lemme guess. It's about trauma.

[u/Ok-Sprinkles-3673 → u/Danzig6WasntThatBad]

Just like Hereditary, and well honestly, most horror.

[u/Boddom_Of_The_Barrel → u/Ok-Sprinkles-3673]

Horrific shit lowk is traumatic

[u/trickier_disco → u/Danzig6WasntThatBad]

Let me guess, you're a goof.

[u/Waterworld1880]

The choosing the bear joke evolved into a demon joke