Frightmare

Dorothy is the volatile matriarch whose cannibalistic urges surface as a coping mechanism for childhood trauma. She lures lonely women to the farmhouse, culminating in brutal murders and feasts. Her relationship with Edmund shows a devoted yet morally compromised partner, willing to cover up the past to keep her safe. She is cunning, determined, and capable of violence when her urges are provoked.

Edmund is Dorothy's devoted husband who helps cover up past crimes and preserves the family's fragile peace. He reveals a capacity for deception by faking dementia to stay with Dorothy, and he shows loyalty even as the truth threatens to unravel. His fragile moral line becomes a battleground as the past resurfaces.

Edmund's daughter by a previous marriage, she secretly visits the Surrey farmhouse at night and delivers parcels containing animal brains, feigning murder to restrain Dorothy’s murderous urges. Her actions reveal a risky blend of loyalty and manipulation within the family.

Dorothy's teenage daughter, Debbie is drawn into the danger and violence surrounding the family. She associates with a biker gang, participates in a violent incident with a barman, and ultimately mirrors her mother's dangerous impulses. Her actions push the plot toward a deadly confrontation.

Debbie's boyfriend, a head of a violent biker gang, who instigates fights and becomes entangled in the deadly dynamics at the farmhouse. His involvement amplifies the film’s sense of looming danger and reckless bravado.

An investigative psychiatrist who uncovers the family’s dark history and drives the police to the truth. His findings threaten to expose Dorothy and Debbie's pathological urges and bring a reckoning for the family.

A physician connected to Dorothy’s case, whose examinations frame the medical perspective on her relapse and the family’s coping mechanisms.