Floater
2023 · 14m · USA
Directed by D.M. Harring
Tones: dark, darkly comic, melancholic
After his abusive father collapses and dies on the toilet, a troubled young man named Phillip locks himself in the bathroom and builds a grotesque DIY mausoleum, while his grief-stricken sister and mother try to rescue him from his spiraling madness.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Grieving son locks himself in the bathroom and builds a DIY mausoleum around the toilet his abusive dad died on — at least it commits to the bit. Lurid in a way I almost respect.
The grief-mausoleum-in-a-bathroom premise has real Aronofsky-ish nerve, and the tonal range between body horror and family drama is ambitious. Worth checking the execution against the synopsis.
Premise turns a bathroom into a grief mausoleum after the father dies on the toilet - bold tonal bet on dark comedy plus body horror. Klipist confirms 13 min; without seeing it I can't verify whether the genre balance lands.
Reviews
Floater is unapologetically disgusting while showcasing a psychotic break surrounding grief. Jacob Wysocki delivers a terrific mainly non-verbal performance showcasing his pain through his facial or lack thereof expressions.
Festivals
- Nightmares Film Festival 2023
- NYC Horror Film Festival 2023
- Eerie Horror Fest 2024
- HARD:LINE Film Festival 2024
- Chattanooga Film Festival 2025