Celebrate Father’s Day with Horror’s Best and Worst Dads
Steve Barton
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Frank Carveth, The Brood
Actor: Art Hindle
After Frank Carveth starts noticing strange bruises and other marks on his daughter, Candice, after a recent visit with her mother (from whom he’s now divorced on the grounds that she’s insane), he knows something freaky’s going down. And he doesn’t want his daughter to be a part of it, for good reason. David Cronenberg’s delightfully disgusting The Brood spotlights a father who hacks through some particularly unsettling mutant children to get Candice away from her mother and the “psychoplasmically” birthed abominations that resulted from her own mental hangups. Through it all Frank’s focus is on protecting his real offspring. Admirable.
Actor: John Astin
Mr. Addams is the father of two very “special” children and the head of quite the unique household. Even still, he’s an enthusiastic and exemplary father, taking a keen interest in all of his children’s activities and interests – when he’s not too busy cavorting with Morticia. Like Pugsley and Wednesday, he’s got a soft spot for toys and other eccentricities himself, and he’s always happy to make sure all of their needs are met, as long as they’re not too bizarre, like wanting to intermingle with the rest of those “normal” people in the neighborhood.
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