Daddy’s Head, the sophomore feature from writer-director Benjamin Barfoot (DOUBLE DATE) starring Julia Brown (WORLD ON FIRE) and Rupert Turnbull (NATIVITY ROCKS) will have its world premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest ahead of its streaming release on Shudder October 11.

Check out the film’s brand-new trailer below.

In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. As the boy’s warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives.

Along with Brown and Turnbull, Charles Aitken and Nathaniel Martello-White round out the cast. The film’s producers are Matthew James Wilkinson and Patrick Tolan.