HEEL is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand May 26 from Magnolia Home Entertainment, and we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!
“Step inside a disturbed house of heart-stopping consequences as HEEL blends a a found-family into an unsettling psychological trip when it arrives on Blu-Ray, DVD and On Demand on May 26 from Magnolia Home Entertainment. The fable-inspired thriller is delivered by Academy Award-Nominated director Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi).
Led by Anson Boone (“MOBLAND,” 1917) as the 19-year old criminal son and boasting the acclaimed co-stars playing pseudo-parental figures, Emmy Award-winning Stephen Graham (“ADOLESCENCE,” This is England) and Academy Award-nominated Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Lee), HEEL circuited a film festival tour, premiering at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and screening at the BFI London Film Festival and the Rome Film Festival.
A story of a reckless teenager finding himself chained in a dysfunctional couple’s farmhouse basement, HEEL is a thought-provoking film presenting audiences with a uniquely intense display equal parts horrifying and comical. The drama blurs the absurd and authentic into a provocative piece, executing a morally gray tale that explores the lines between love, tyranny, and the danger of care in an astounding feature film debut for the then first-time Polish screenwriter Bartek Bartosik.
Heel will be available on Blu-Ray, DVD and on demand on major digital platforms including Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Google Play, DirecTV and more.”
Synopsis: “A 19-year-old criminal, Tommy (Anson Boon), revels in a life of drugs, parties, and violence. One night, on a bender with his reckless friends, he is separated from his group and abducted by an unknown figure. Though he is no stranger to inflicting violence, he is horrified when he wakes with a chain around his neck in the basement of an isolated suburban family home. He soon meets the residents: a twisted family unit consisting of the well-to-do Chris (Stephen Graham), his near-spectral wife Kathryn (Andrea Riseborough), and their 10-year-old son Jonathan. The dysfunctional family sets out to reform Tommy’s unruly behavior, subjecting him to a twisted and violent rehabilitation process. He must comply with their relentless mind games as he frantically seeks a way out.”