[Video] Discussion with Ali Taylor about Fat Girl and Twentynine Palms
Author and academic writer, Ali Taylor, joins Zoë Rose Smith to discuss two films from the New French Extremity movement; Fat Girl and Twentynine Palms.
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The American found footage horror anthology film V/H/S Halloween was produced by Bloody Disgusting and released on Shudder following 2024’s V/H/S Beyond. It brings us a collection of October 31st-themed video tapes covering sinister stories from the darkly absurd to the gloriously gory. If you’re into camp chaos, then this chapter of analogue abhorrence is probably for you.
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Five strangers arrive for a group therapy session, each of them victims of extreme trauma. They have been brought together in the hope that sharing their experiences in the confines of a safe space will foster healing, or at least the beginning of it. But as the strangers tell their stories, an unsettling truth becomes clear: they may have more connecting them than they realise…
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Stream is a cutting commentary on the gamification of everything, that humans will bet on anything if they get bored enough, and how the screen makes us feel separated from violence. A sequel is already in the works, and Stream 2 plans to explore the wider world, and show more behind-the-scenes of the games.
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The healing power of nature is widely known, and Mother of Flies takes this to another level and adds some witchcraft to it when student Mickey seeks dark magic from natural healer, Solveig, for a cure to her deadly diagnosis, a ritual that tiptoes the veil between life and death.
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Finding the perfect match is a hellscape in today's modern dating world. Let alone finding the perfect partner and the perfect parent for your future child, which almost feels as though we need to jump through hoops and put ourselves through endless games that, for the most part, lead us to nowhere.
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In German Gore Master, Olaf Ittenbach's, Garden of Love (2003), Rebecca (Natacza Boon) is a grown woman with a mysterious past. Something horrible happened in her childhood, and the ghosts of her dead family are pleading with her to solve the mystery. This film drags the viewer on a bloody journey to uncover the secrets of Rebecca’s tragedy.
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