Face of the Family

You can choose your FRIENDS, you can choose your ENEMIES, but FAMILY is FOREVER.

## Production Information

### Producer(s)

* Daniel Cummings
* Anthem Films

### Cast

* Trew Mullen
* Ella Edwards
* Russell Cummings
* Stefanie Estes
* Nova Chez
* Tris Ren
* Maddie Howard
* Patrick Boylan

## Crypt Monster Universe Film Navigation

### Next film

A Dark Past

>
> **"We can choose our friends. We can choose our enemies. But family... family is forever, Patrick."**
> *-- Elias*
>
>

***Face of the Family***, originally titled *"Caravaggio"*, is the fifth episode of the second season of *Sunny Family Cult* and the ninth episode overall. It is written by Gabriel Younes, directed by DJay Brawner and released by Crypt TV. It stars Trew Mullen, Ella Edwards, Russell Cummings, Stefanie Estes, Nova Chez, Tris Ren, Maddie Howard, and Patrick Boylan.

The episode was released on both the Sunny Family Cult Facebook page and Crypt TV's YouTube channel on February 6th, 2018.

## Summary

The family makes an example of a deserter, and Allie Ann hunts for the masked man who axed her in the back.

## Plot

The cult gathers around a man named Patrick, who no longer wishes to kill people under the cult's orders. Elias tells him that Patrick can choose his friends and his enemies, but that family is forever. Patrick says that this is all lies and begs them to let him go, when Elias reminds him that The Family took him in when he was at his lowest point. Patrick says that the cult isn't a family-- it is a butcher shop, and Elias tells him that the price for desertion is death. He walks away from Patrick, and the rest of the cult members convene on Patrick and stab him to death.

Meanwhile, Allie Ann takes her mother to the spot where she found the dead body, only for her mother to realize that there's nothing there. Allie Ann insists that she saw a body there and that someone had tried to kill her, but her mother refuses to believe her, telling her that if she wants attention, she should act out in a way that doesn't impact her mother's credibility down at the police station. She angrily takes Allie Ann home.

Back at the house, Elias goes on to the second order of business -- Taylor has brought to his attention that someone in the cult has been acting independently. He reminds everyone that solidarity is the glue that keeps the family together, and there is no exception to this rule. He leads the cult in a chant -- "We paved our own way. (As one.) We have overcome a world who seeks to undermine our integrity (As one.) As one."

The next day at the coffee shop, Taylor runs into Roger again. They discuss the painting, and then Roger reveals to her that he's not a teacher. Taylor tries to leave, but he grabs her wrist and tells her that he has reason to believe that she -- and the rest of the town -- is in danger as he pulls out his police badge.

In the woods, Allie Ann and her friends search for any evidence that could prove her findings to her mother. Tia says that she can't find anything, and Hannah says it's possible that Allie Ann just got pranked. Allie Ann starts to get angry, and pulls up the back of her shirt to show them where she got axed, asking them if they thought that this was a prank. She tells them to keep looking, and as they're digging around in the dirt, Allie Ann finds a piece of paper with the Sunny Family Cult insignia drawn in blood.

At Jaina's house, Taylor tells Jaina about what happened with Roger. Jaina tells her that he told her the same thing -- that he's looking into everyone who could have connections to the missing kids. Taylor says that she doesn't understand why he would lie to her, and Jaina says that that's just how the police are, and that he probably knows something they don't. As Jaina folds the laundry, Taylor sees a sweater in the pile that is identical to the one she wore when she killed the kids.

In their home, Elias stares at the mess that had been made during Patrick's death. Karen asks him if he's okay, and Elias says that this is the second time in thirty years that they have had to kill one of their own. He hates enacting this rule and he doesn't want to do it again, but "examples must be made" Karen asks him if he thinks Taylor might try to leave the cult, and Elias says that he knows Taylor thinks he's a monster, but he only wants what's best for her. He says that Taylor's true place is in the family, and Karen tells him to show her that -- he's not just a leader, he's also her father -- that Taylor may not understand it all now, but Elias was young once, too.

In the coffee shop, Allie Ann and her friends examine the paper they found in the woods. Hannah asks if they should turn it over to the police or Allie Ann's mom, but Allie Ann refuses, saying that she won't be humiliated by her mother again and that she can figure this out on her own. Andy, the barista from the previous episode, walks by them and takes notice of the paper, saying that he hasn't seen that symbol in a long time. Allie Ann asks him if he knows what it is, and she tells him to meet her at her house tomorrow to tell her what he knows.

## Trivia

* The episode is titled "Caravaggio" on the Sunny Family Cult Facebook page.
	+ This could be a reference to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, a famous yet controversial Italian painter from the late 1500s, who became famous for the intense and unsettling realism of his large-scale religious works. Caravaggio fled Naples after he was sentenced to death for getting into a fight. He travelled to Malta and onto Sicily in 1607 to pursue a pardon for his sentence. He returned to Naples in 1609, where he was once again involved in a violent clash that disfigured his face.

## References

1. ↑ Sunny Family Cult. "S2E5: Caravaggio | By Sunny Family Cult." Facebook, Sunny Family Cult; February 6th, 2018.
3. ↑ Graham-Dixon, Andrew. “Caravaggio | Biography, Paintings, Style, & Facts | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caravaggio.