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Mar 13, 2026 7:04pm PT Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s Meta Comedy Horror ‘Family Movie’ Draws Massive Laughs at SXSW Debut By Emily Longeretta Plus Icon Emily Longeretta emilylongeretta Latest How ‘One Chicago’ Pulled Off an Epic Crossover to Score a Season High of 6.4 Million Viewers (EXCLUSIVE) 1 week ago ‘Full Speed’ Takes on Daytona 500 in First Look as Netflix Series Shifts to Feature-Length Film on Prime Video (EXCLUSIVE) 1 week ago ‘Heated Rivalry’ Stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams Reunite on ‘SNL’ for Ice Skating Sketch 2 weeks ago See All Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedwick, along with their kids, Sosie Bacon and Travis Bacon, took meta to a whole new level on Friday night at SXSW Festival with the debut of “Family Movie.” With the proud mother and father taking on roles as both co-directors and actors in the project, the family affair received massive applause and loud laughter when it debuted in the perfect slot: Friday the 13th. Related Stories Misty Copeland Says Timothée Chalamet ‘Wouldn’t Be an Actor’ if Not for Ballet and Opera and It’s ‘Very Interesting That He Invited Me’ to Promote ‘Marty Supreme’ 'I Don't Want to Move in Fear': Timothée Chalamet Reunites with 'Interstellar' Dad Matthew McConaughey to Talk Christopher Nolan, 'Marty Supreme' and a Stinky Trailer Prank “All of us love horror. Coincidentally, I was in the original ‘Friday the 13th,’ it is Friday the 13th,” said Kevin Bacon during the Q&A after the film. The indie movie is a perfect example of life imitating art — minus the murder. The family, who were filming an Indie horror movie on a farm, portray a family filming an Indie horror movie on a farm. While their own family farm, where they record (and post to Instagram) many home videos, is set in New England, the movie was filmed outside of Austin, Texas. Popular on Variety Kevin Bacon referred to the movie, which runs a tight 1 hour 21 minutes, as “super, super, super low budget,” which brought along many challenges and resulted in many nights of Domino’s pizza. But they are hopeful that it will excite audiences the way it did at the Zach Theater in Austin. The bloody comedy also stars John Carroll Lynch, Jackie Earle Haley, Liza Koshy, Andrea Savage, Austin Amelio, Scoot McNairy and Nathaniel Woolsey. Koshy couldn’t help but point out the odd similarities to the movie when she joined the cast — joking she feared for her life. “They do live on a farm, they are that warm and welcoming,” she says. Her character comes to see the movie being filmed, capturing the filmmaking process on her phone, when she sees a murder take place. All the phone footage shown in “Family Movie” was filmed by Koshy herself on her Google Pixel. Travis Bacon, a musician in real life and in the show, did the score for the movie, which is currently searching for a distributor. Stay for the credits too, to catch home videos of the actual family through the years — from the birth of Travis and Sosie, to the family learning dances together during the pandemic. Jump to Comments Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 17 Nominees for 2026 Include Shakira, Lauryn Hill, Pink, Jeff Buckley, Phil Collins, New Edition and Wu-Tang Clan YouTube Revenue for Full-Year 2025 Topped $60 Billion, Making Video Platform Bigger Than Netflix Mariah Carey Sings in Italian on Opening Night of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Mariah Carey on Her Third Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nomination, Unreleased Grunge Album and Plans for the 25th Anniversary of ‘Glitter’ BBC Confirms Landmark YouTube Deal, Including New Channels and Winter Olympics Coverage Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: All the Biggest Moments From the Games’ Kickoff JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...