One of the most talked about films at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival and the UK's premiere fantasy and horror film festival, Frightfest, Mum & Dad, the impressive debut feature by writer-director Steven Sheil is one of the most disturbing Brit-shockers to emerge in recent years.

Partly inspired by the grisly, real-life exploits of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West, and starring Shane Meadows regular Perry Benson (Somers Town; This Is England), the film puts a unique spin on the British horror genre, setting its tale very close to home (quite literally) and resulting in a brutally realistic horror story. Co-starring Dido Miles, Olga Fedori, Toby Alexander and newcomer Ainsley Howard, this boundary-pushing journey into suburban terror is not without its moments of dark humour, but, viewers be warned, Mum & Dad is definitely not a film for the squeamish or the easily offended. If you're looking for a measurement of the film's content, try the review by Steven West at www.horrorreview.com, who calls it "Arguably the sickest, most extreme movie to ever bear the “BBC Films” logo, this also happens to be one of the outstanding British horror films of the past decade - an unrelentingly grim descent into a Hell-based sitcom that marks a stunning directorial debut for former cinematographer Steven Sheil." Rosie Fletcher in Total Film, meanwhile, described it as "One of the defining British horrors of its generation....The blackest of comedies, the grimmest of commentaries and a truly horrible film, Mum & Dad has the low-budget bravery and the no-limits attitude of the very best underground horror. So wrong it's right."

Mum & Dad (cert. 18, natch) will open at selected UK cinemas on 26th December 2008. In addition, in a unprecedented and groundbreaking move by Revolver Entertainment, Mum & Dad will be the first ever UK film release to appear in cinemas at the same time as being available on retail and rental DVD, electronic sell-through and Video on Demand.

Special features on the DVD include:

• Director and Producer Commentary;
• Through a Vulture Eye - A short film by Steven Sheil;
• Behind-the-scenes footage;
• Cast and Crew Q&A at Film4 FrightFest 2008;
• Interview with Steven Sheil;
• 8 on-set interviews with cast and crew;
• Theatrical Trailer.