F

Horror, Thriller
USA / English


In its realisation of every teacher’s nightmare, F tells the story of experienced educator Robert Anderson (Schofield), who suffers a debilitating breakdown after being attacked in the classroom by one of his teenage students. When the school board refuses to back him legally for fear of any public or professional repercussions on the institution, we fast forward to find Anderson a broken man, estranged from his wife and daughter (whom he also teaches) and attempting to find solace at the bottom of a bottle. Struggling to keep a thread of his relationships alive and maintain order in the classroom amidst snipes from those in charge who wouldn’t back him up previously, Anderson’s frustrations come to a head when he slaps his anger-venting daughter while holding her in detention. As she takes off to report his actions and phone her mother, both Anderson and the rest of the staff are unaware that the evening is about to take a deadly turn: A group of faceless, hooded youths have invaded the school with the intention of indiscriminately murdering everyone inside…