Peacock (Pou) (DVD)

A young woman forced to care for a disturbed theologian on his isolated farm uncovers terrifying secrets in this psychosexual gothic horror thriller.

After violating the strict moral standards of The Foundation, the puritanical institution for young women in which she was raised, Anna Pohl (Tarryn Wyngaard) is sent to care for one of its founding members. An Apartheid-era theologian living out his days in paranoia on his isolated farm, Sarel Cilliers (Johan Botha) is racked by frightening visions and demonic hallucinations. Haunted by her own feelings of guilt, Anna slowly gets pulled into Sarel's terrifying world as she tries to unravel the mysteries behind this sinister place and its connection to the devastating secrets being hidden by The Foundation. An evocative and erotic psychosexual thriller, PEACOCK explores the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche inside the traditions of gothic horror.