Daddy, Father Frost Is Dead
Папа, умер Дед Мороз
A biologist, obsessed with the idea of writing a treatise on a new kind of mouse, becomes witness to a number of bizarre and horrific events, from his son's suicide, to the S&M engaged in by respectable middle-aged men, to his own family's psychic morbidity.
Why it matters
A surreal plunge into Eastern European body horror and psychological decay, blending family trauma with unsettling, visceral visuals.
- A rare early ’90s entry from the post-Soviet horror underground, steeped in bleak atmosphere and cultural unease.
- Disturbs with a relentless parade of grotesque imagery, anchored by a protagonist whose scientific obsession veers into madness.
- Explores taboo subjects—suicide, hidden sexual depravity, psychic dysfunction—with unflinching intensity, not for the fainthearted.
- Fans of Andrzej Żuławski’s fever dreams or the more abstract works of Jörg Buttgereit will find a dark, uncompromising feast here.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
28
Slow Burn
83
Psychological
100
Supernatural
20
Creature
18
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
100
Survival
0
