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Mattew Buckner

Father Buckner, as seen in the film's visual companion.

Father Buckner is the patron of the Zombie Redneck Torture Family, also known as the Buckner Family. As the head of family he is one of the most sadistic and cruelest (second only to his son Matthew). Judging from the diary of his daughter, Patience, Father Buckner is believed to have a dangerously short temper and enjoys torturing and murdering travelers who had passed his family's cabin, all in the name of the family's self proclaimed "faith". He was portrayed by Dan Shea.

Physical Description and Attributes[]


Father Buckner appears as a tall and slender man, but given that he and his family have been brought back from the dead, his body has undergone the stages of decomposition; his skin has rotted, hair fallen out and his eyes have faded to a white color. It can also be noted that he has a large scar across his face- from his right cheek to his lower chin.

Father Buckner wears a suit and has an overall formal-looking appearance. When he and his family were summoned to the Cabin, his weapon of choice was a scythe.

Appearances[]

Father Buckner and his family were the Monsters that were summoned to kill Dana, Marty, Curt, Jules and Holden at the Cabin, after Dana reads the Latin inscription from his daughter Patience's diary. Later, he, Mother Buckner, Matthew Buckner and Judah Buckner stalk and attack Curt and Jules when they are making love in the forest. After Matthew strikes Curt with his bear trap, Father Buckner appears and restrains Curt with his scythe. Later, after Curt manages to retreat back to the cabin and warns his friends of Jules' death, the 4 remaining teenagers panic and formulate a plan to survive and escape the Cabin. During the chaos inside the Cabin, Father Buckner sneaks inside Curt's RV.

After Curt's death from the impact of the force field, Holden and Dana drive the RV back towards the Cabin, to which Father Buckner appears and ambushes them, killing Holden by plunging the blade of his scythe through his throat, causing the RV to crash into a nearby body of water. As Dana is attempting to escape the flooded RV, Father Buckner grabs her leg, but is dragged down under water, remaining inside. He was not seen in the film after this.

Up close photos of Father Buckner, as well as the rest of the Zombie Redneck Torture Family can be seen in the film's visual companion.

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