Horror The Front Room (A24/The Eggers Brothers)

[Sawyer]

Brandy to Star in Lighthouse Writer Eggers Directorial Debut at A24 – The Hollywood Reporter

A24 is teaming up with the Eggers brothers — The Lighthouse co-writer Max Eggers and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — for the psychological horror The Front Room.

The screenwriting brothers, for their joint directorial debut, will adapt Susan Hill’s short story of the same name. The Front Room follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.

The ensemble cast will be led by Grammy Award-winning musician and actress BrandyNorwood, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Spotlight actor Neal Huff. The producer credits are shared by Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, Bryan Sonderman, Julia Oh and David Hinojosa.

 

[Closerframe]

Had no idea there were so many Eggers, but it’s A24 so I’ll be there.

 

[Boom]

FINALLY.

A24 Dates Fall & Holiday Slate With ‘The Front Room’, ‘A Different Man’, ‘We Live In Time’, ‘Heretic’ & ‘Baby Girl’

EXCLUSIVE: The theatrical late Q3 and Q4 schedule is getting booked up as A24 has dated five releases as follows: On Sept. 6, going wide, is The Eggers Brothers’ psychological horror movie The Front Room. The movie follows a woman’s mother-in-law who movies and proves to be the house guest from...

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[OrbOfConfusion]

There's more than one Eggers? Okay, I feel like that joke in The Three Daves sketch on Chappelle's Show when 18-year-old Dave learns about "The Wayans Brothers" and his response is just "There's more?!"

 

[Kane52630]

More Eggers baby!

 

[Boom]

Finally.

 

[Gothamsknight]

seeing Brandy back is great, honestly. Getting 90's vibes!

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Closerframe]

So Hereditary meets Get Out, I’m in!

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Kane52630]

Now if this is the tone of the movie, I'm even more all in.

 

[CaptainWagner]

This looks so wildly different from Robert's work. Very interested to see how it all turns out.

 

[Kane52630]

This looks so wildly different from Robert's work. Very interested to see how it all turns out.

That's because this is not Robert's work, it's his brothers.

 

[CaptainWagner]

That's because this is not Robert's work, it's his brothers.

well, yes Sibling filmmakers generally make similar films, though, which is what makes it interesting. And Max was a cowriter on The Lighthouse.

 

[Kane52630]

*adds hagsploitation to my lexicon*

Also, I keep hearing how gross and vomit-inducing this movie is.