Fackham Hall Blu-ray

“Downton Abbey” has spent fifteen years in pop culture’s consciousness, which makes it more than fair game for parody. That occurs in Fackham Hall, a silly British spoof that seems familiar with and fond of the television series and movies, but eager and willing to poke fun at them. And why shouldn’t it? If privileged aristocracy can enchant generations with elegant period production and an ensemble of romances and assorted arcs, can’t it also be skewered effectively?

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A quintet of British men aims to do just that here, to moderate success. Helping them pull it off is a cast full of in-demand talent whose names (or at least faces) you’ll recognize, surprisingly so for a movie that spent only two weeks in North American theaters. They include Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Katherine Waterston (the Fantastic Beasts series), Harry Potter‘s Tom Felton, and Damian Lewis (“Billions”, “Homeland”). We even get Disney legend Hayley Mills narrating the film.

The year is 1931 and the Davenports are the obscenely wealthy family who call the punny titular estate home. While the rest of the world endures the Great Depression, the Davenports get to worry only about extending the family bloodline. The motto on the gate? Incestus Ad Infinitum.

“Downton” proves to be a pretty easy target, which makes it surprising no one has thought to send it up in such a way before. Fackham is a fairly good-natured farce, earning its R rating with quite mild ribaldry and gently but consistently amusing wordplay and satire. It does not in any way expect you to know the specifics of the fictional world it’s having a laugh at, but I suspect those more versed in “Downton” than I might find more to appreciate here.

The film also has a go at the tradition of British mysteries, when Lord Davenport ends up suspiciously dead. There are, inevitably, some echoes of Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, but the comedic tone also slightly evokes the classic Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker mold of The Naked Gun and Airplane! renown.

Not long after its modest December theatrical run, where it grossed a million domestically for a worldwide haul of $3M, Fackham Hall has now hit Blu-ray and DVD from Bleecker Street.

BLU-RAY DISC SPECIFICATIONS:
2.35:1 Widescreen
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English),
DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (Descriptive Video Service)
Subtitles: English for Hearing Impaired, Spanish
Release Date: January 20, 2026
Single-sided, single-layered disc (BD-25)
Blue Keepcase

VIDEO and AUDIO

Fackham looks and sounds the part of a modern period piece with its stately production coming through well in the Blu-ray’s satisfactory presentation in 2.35:1 widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD master audio.

BONUS FEATURES, MENUS, PACKAGING and DESIGN

The Blu-ray includes just a single class of bonus feature but in spades. Fifteen deleted scenes are supplied, giving us plenty of throwaway gags (including a recurring bit of covered-up indiscretions with the staff) and unused threads as you might expect from such a comedy movie. Despite the bizarre omission of a “Play All” button, choosing any of these starts the full 11-minute reel from there.

The menu loops a short, elegantly scored montage. No trailers for Fackham Hall or anything else are included. Likewise, the Blu-ray forgoes a slipcover, an insert and a digital copy. It’s a pretty light affair, but even getting a physical media release of a movie that grossed $3 million in theaters feels like a minor coup in 2026.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

A niche spoof that hits enough of its targets to warrant a look from those craving a “Downton Abbey” send-up, Fackham Hall has come to Blu-ray without much pomp or circumstance but with an 11-minute reel of deleted scenes.

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