Woodchipper Massacre

Set primarily in a single family home where Aunt Tess imposes total control. The house becomes a fortress of rules, with chores and homework as currency for obedience. The yard houses a woodchipper and a freezer, turning ordinary domestic space into a site of concealed violence.

🩸 Violence

From murder to dismemberment and woodchipper grisly details, the film centers brutality within a family. The violence escalates as fear, secrecy, and coercion drive the children to lethal acts. There’s a stark contrast between everyday suburban life and the horror transpiring behind closed doors. The ending leaves the impression that violence can fester beneath a veneer of normalcy.

🧭 Control

Aunt Tess uses religion and militaristic discipline to micromanage every aspect of the children's lives. Her rules about dating, late nights, and entertainment cultivate a climate of surveillance and guilt. The children’s collaboration in murder reveals how excessive control distorts judgment and morality. The film probes the corrosive effects of authoritarian parenting on young minds.

🤫 Secrets

The family works to bury the crime while maintaining a façade of ordinary life. The missing truth unravels as clues—the woodchips and Aunt Tess’s ring—surface at the end. Denial and deception propel the plot as the kids continue to present a normal front to their father. Secrets here are deadly, with silence acting as a dangerous amplifier of guilt.