Clover's Father

* Human
* Current

**Children**

* Clover (daughter)
* Malcolm (step-son)

**Clover's Father** is a major character in the 2019 short horror film *Taste.* He was a delivery man for Monsino Farms before he consumed the meat he had been asked to sell, and was turned into a cannibalistic Freak.

He is portrayed by Timothy Hildebrand.

## Physical Appearance

Clover's father was a middle-aged man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore a blue button-up shirt, a watch, denim pants, and black shoes. As a Monsino delivery man, he wore a his typical outfit, save for a white baseball cap and white t-shirt with the Monsino logo on it.

After becoming infected by the tainted Monsino meat, he grew large, pus-filled tumors on the right side of his body, extremely sharp teeth, and milky-white pupils.

## Characteristics

Before his transformation, he was a very cheerful person. He loved his family very much, and had an extremely positive outlook on life. He seemed to have some degree of trust in Monsino Farms, or at the very least was happy to accept complimentary items from the company.

After consuming the tainted meat, however, he devolved into primal behavior. Only driven by his animalistic hunger, he had no problem with killing and eating anything or anyone to satisfy it -- even his wife, or his own daughter.

## Background

Some time before the short film, his first wife left the picture. Some time later, he met Malcolm's mother, and they married and moved in with one another.

## Crypt Monster Universe

### *Taste* (2019)

Clover's Father comes home after delivering the sample packages of Monsino Farms meat to the neighborhood and begins to prepare his own sample package for dinner that evening. When he finishes, he goes upstairs to bring Clover down. Though Clover initially refuses to come to dinner with her stepfamily, her father tells her that her step-brother doesn’t have a reason to be afraid anymore since he has his new step-sister to protect him. Clover relents, asking her father how she looks, to which he replies “Like your mother”. They hug, and he comments that she could probably use a shower. They exchange some playful jabs and head downstairs.

In the dining room, Clover's Father and his wife begin to devour the meat as their respective children go back and forth about GMOs, their behavior growing more and more fervent as they consume more of the meat. Clover and Malcolm, now extremely uncomfortable, leave the table and go up to their rooms. After tearing apart the kitchen and eating everything they can find, Clover's Father chases his wife into the garage and kills and eats her. When Clover finds him, he rushes and attacks her, pushing her up against the wall and trying to bite her. Clover is able to grab a can of spray-paint and smash it on his head, disorienting him long enough to kick him away. She grabs the oyster mallet she took from the kitchen and hits him in the head, knocking him out.

After coming to, Clover's Father wandered the neighborhood until he found Hermit Jim's open gate. He went inside and attacked him, killing and eating him. Clover’s Father advances on his children, who had fled into the house, and the siblings retaliate by spraying him with a can of air freshener. They retreat into a bedroom, and Clover orders Malcolm to stay in the room, spraying him with some more air freshener to throw off their father’s sense of smell. As Clover prepares to go out and fight, Malcolm asks her if his mom is dead, and Clover once again tells him to stay in the room.

Clover goes out into the living room and once again disables her father by using the air freshener. She is able to sneak around him, but alerts him to her presence by accidentally knocking something over. Her father attacks her and knocks her to the ground, and starts to eat her leg. Malcolm hears Clover screaming and tries to keep himself composed inside the bedroom, but finds himself unable to leave her to their father. He leaves the bedroom and sneaks out into the living room, completely unnoticed by Clover’s father as he is busy eating Clover’s leg. Malcolm takes Hermit Jim’s katana and stabs their father in the back, incapacitating him long enough for Clover to get back up. Clover starts to beat up her father, and smashes his head multiple times on the fireplace. The siblings hug one another, relieved that this fight is finally over, and Clover kneels down to her father, telling him that they’re going to find him help.

## Powers and Abilities

### Skillset

* **Charisma:** Before he was turned into a Freak, Clover's father had no special powers. He was very cheerful and his smile seemed infectious, so he was likely quite charismatic and a good sales rep (though not charismatic enough to get through to Hermit Jim).
* **Superhuman Strength:** After transforming into a Freak, he gained superhuman strength, as shown when he was able to tear open his wife's flesh with his bare hands.
* **Superhuman Senses:** Though he is now blind, he navigates via an incredible sense of smell.

### Weaknesses

* **Lack of Eyesight:** A possible side-effect of the transformation, Clover's Father has very limited to nonexistent eyesight, and navigates via smell and hearing.

## Relationships

### Clover

Clover's Father had a good relationship with his daughter. They were very close, and he did his best to help her adjust to living with her new stepfamily. After he became a Freak, however, his ravenous hunger overpowered his love for his family, and Clover became nothing more to him than his next meal.

### Malcolm

The depth of their relationship isn't known, but Clover's Father cared about Malcolm as much as the rest of his family.

### Malcolm's Mother

Clover's Father met and married Malcolm's Mother some time after his first wife left the picture. They had a very good relationship, marrying and moving in with one another to start a new life. After he became a Freak, however, his hunger overpowered his love for his family, and he attacked and cannibalized his wife.

### The Hendersons

Like the rest of his family, Clover's Father was good friends with Mr. and Mrs. Henderson.

## References

1. ↑ *Taste* (dir. Alex Grybauskas; April 5th, 2019)