[Editorial] Interview with director Theo Rhys & co-writer Joss Holden-Rhea on Stuffed (2021)
Are you a fan of horror musicals? Well Stuffed (2021) is a dark musical love story about a taxidermist searching for a human to stuff and potentially finding eternal love. Ariel Baska chatted to director Theo and co-writer Joss about about this beautifully strange film playing at SXSW.
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