Gregory's Father

"There is no such a thing as monsters."

- The father to Gregory

Gregory's Father is the antagonist from the short film Behind Closed Door. He is an always drunk and violent father of Gregory, the main protagonist. He is voiced by Jonathan Button.

History
At night, small Gregory is woken up by a strange sounds coming out of his wardrobe. As soon as his father, driven mad by noise, enter the bedroom, Gregory tells him about a monster in the wardrobe, but the father doesn't believe in such a things and orders the boy to be silent.

Next evening, the drunk father returns home from the tavern and complains about the mess in the house, breaking dishes and other items all around. After he orders Gregory to go into his room, he gets mad and beats his wife, harming her severely. As he pushes her against the door, she stays lying on the ground, not moving, much to Gregory's horror. When the father realizes the boy was standing behind the door all the time, he want to hit him as well, but angry Gregory quickly walks back into his room, followed by his father.

The bedroom, however, appears to be empty. Suddenly, the father hears some noises from the wardrobe and he opens it in order to find his son. Much to his shock, he is attacked by a strange creature who jumps from the wardrobe in no time. The monsters bites the father to his left shoulder and leaves him to die in blooding. Realizing the creature looks like his son, only with deformed, demonic face, the father calls him a monster. However, the creature only repeats his own words when it says there is no such a thing. The father then dies and the creature turns back into Gregory.