A young couple, Luzma and Demian, having had to make some hard choices moves into their new place and things start getting weirder and weirder as they attempt to make this new place a home.
Author Archives: Emilie Black
Justice Served (2017)
In a world where being a good person is suspicious and being punished, a man is on trial for pushing a little girl. Was he trying to kill her or save her?
Enthusiastic Sinners (2017) [CineQuest 2018]
Bruce and Shelley meet when the police are called on gunshots at her place. As there is no issue beyond misbehaving kids, they get to talking and lust quickly takes over. As they spend some times together getting to know each other, lust makes way to something much stronger.
Father’s Day (2017)
A recently widowed father visits his daughters in Los Angeles for Father’s Day with the hopes of saving them from their tortured artists’ lives.
Written and directed by Betty Ouyang, this short film explores family relations between two artist sisters and their more down to Earth father through one meal together. The family dynamics on display here are interesting to watch develop as more information is revealed about each member. Ouyang takes this subject and makes it distinctly hers by putting herself in the lead as well as in the writing and directing style. Here the subject is taken head-on and shown through intimate conversations. The way she approaches each discussion, each interaction is honest and done in a manner that is up close and personal for the characters thus pulling the viewer into their lives.
An Interview with Kaila Hier [Women in Horror Month 2018]
Kaila Hier works mostly behind the scenes once the films are ready to be seen. She is a PR queen who mostly works with genre festivals such as Final Girls Berlin Film Festival and Fantasia International Film Festival. She also works representing independent films, books, etc. The woman knows her stuff and the industry inside and out.
An Interview with Kim Garland [Women in Horror Month 2018]
Kim Garland is a film writer and director with a love for horror. Her latest short Body Image is poignant and very real. She is a talented woman who will make serious waves in the future.
An Interview with Eileen Dietz [Women in Horror Month 2018]
Eileen Dietz is known to most film fans as Pazuzu in the classic The Exorcist. To most horror fans, she has been mainstay on our screens since then.