Long after the suicide of a mother, her family gravitates back to the homestead for a reckoning.
Superior horror that gave me a good chill. The writing is excellent, with everything falling into place behind it - direction, performances, editing. The Texas landscape looks great, and the camera lingers over period items to cast a spell of time stood still.
The story comes in three chapters plus the climax, with big variations in pace. The second is influenced by Tarantino, as a flawed hero drifts in with menacing characters who barely contain their violence until it all explodes. There's definitely a nod to the hypodermic scene in Pulp Fiction, and maybe to the famous briefcase Maguffin as well. But for all its entertainment, this is where self-indulgence leaves some loose ends - no biggie, since it's just an interlude before the main event.
The first and third chapters give us the most clues down the winding road to a pair of twists (followed by a final final twist). The shape of this main story is like Stephen King's It, or the recent series The Haunting of Hill House, where scattered adults are drawn back together to address their common childhood trauma. And it works well.
The choice of music is interesting, with such titles as Aim to Annihilate and the ole' classic Mom DIed in a Fire She Set. The score is atmospheric and classy, although sometimes a little on the foreboding nose in certain scenes that might have been carried better by leaving the actors to do their thing.
P.s. There is one reference to a character named Paul, who I couldn't place - maybe I missed something.
Overall: Get stuck in.