Bereavement

Bereavement follows young Martin Bristol, a child born unable to feel pain, who is abducted by the psychotic killer Graham Sutter and forced to witness horrific acts of violence on an isolated farm. When teenager Allison Miller moves nearby after a family tragedy, her curiosity about the abandoned slaughterhouse puts her directly in the path of unspeakable danger. The film serves as a brutal and atmospheric prequel exploring the origins of the killer featured in director Stevan Mena's earlier film, Malevolence.

• Bereavement is a prequel to the 2004 film Malevolence.
• Director Stevan Mena wrote, directed, and composed the film's score.
• The film was shot on location in rural Pennsylvania.
• Young actor Spencer List portrayed the mute kidnapped child Martin.
• Mena spent years developing the Malevolence universe before this prequel.

• You have to learn where the meat comes from.
• God has a plan for all of us, Martin.
• Nobody knows we're here. Nobody is coming for you.
• He can't feel pain. He never could.
• Some things, once broken, can never be put back together.