The Living and the Dead (The Living in the Home of the Dead) (2006)

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Not your first pick for Mother's Day, "The Living and the Dead" is morbid and horrifying- and I mean that, strangely, as a compliment. It is a family drama, a psychological thriller, a tragedy, an art film, all these things at once, and and despite it's flaws, it doesn't overextend.

The film opens with Lord Donald Brocklebank (Roger Lloyd-Pack,) a worn-down, silent shell of an ol... read more

A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help. Written by Bob Lee