Blue Finch are releasing writer-director B T Meza’s AFFECTION on Digital platforms. It’s a film you can’t say too much about in reviews for fear of spoilers, but let’s take a look at the setup.
Ellie (Jessica Rothe from the HAPPY DEATH DAY movies) wakes up one morning to find herself married to someone she doesn’t recognise and with a daughter she doesn’t know. In fact she’s convinced she has a son and that, in fact, she has a completely different name from the one her husband Bruce (Joseph Cross) says she does.
But Ellie has other problems, too. Bruce tells her she suffers from a rare neurological condition that involves seizures causing her brain to ‘reset’, and that she has been prescribed complete isolation in order for her to rehabilitate. Of course that’s not what’s going on at all but to say any more would be to spoilt it.
Seasoned viewers of Hammer psycho thrillers, LES DIABOLIQUES ripoffs and all kinds of classic television (including at least one episode of The Avengers) will be wondering which variation on a well-worn plot AFFECTION is going to use. So be assured it doesn’t use any of them and begins its second act with some very strange stuff indeed that will have you wondering where it's all going.
The leads performances are good, with Rothe giving another likeable and sympathetic performance, and while AFFECTION is essentially “a couple of people on a farm with a kid” it transcends this setting to become something quite original. Here’s the trailer:
AFFECTION is out on digital platforms from Blue Finch Releasing on Monday 8th June 2026
