d. various; w. various; p. Sam Mason Bell; cast: Suki Jones,
Chris Mills, Rebecca Rolph, Aaron Thomas, Alice Mullholland, Simon Berry, Jessica
Hunt, Suzy Weatherall, Michel Du Vegan, Rennie Pilgrem,
Enjoyable avant-garde anthology compiled by Portsmouth-based
Bell (Industrial Animals) who wrote and/or directed five of the ten segments.
Highlights are: The Angel of Decay – obsessive ‘Bundyphile’ emulates her hero;
Desire – abstract bondage imagery with hints of cannibalism, directed by
Martyna Madej; South Bank – extended video selfie of man drinking, smoking,
collapsing and visited by Death, from Martin W Payne; Attraction – young
married couple flicker between loving and violent realities; and The Call – Poe-esque
tale of woman driven mad by hit-and-run guilt (sound design by Spirits of the
Fall helmer Rusty Apper). Other writers and/or directors include Jackson
Batchelor, Jessica Hunt, Mike Reed, Chris Mills and Ryan Edwards. Segments vary
from 12 minutes down to brief snippets, some silent, some black and white, some
non-continuous, some conventionally shot, some experimental, some with title
card and credits, some without. Not everything works, but there’s enough here
to satisfy anyone with an interest in underground contemporary UK horror. Available on Versusmedia via your Firestick, Roku etc.
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