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“Scream” Star Directs Trippy Sundance Short ‘The Blazing World’

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The sole bright spot of MTV’s first season of “Scream” was star Carlson Young, who is now dabbling in writing and directing.

Her first short, the trippy “The Blazing World”, is having its world premiere at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival. She also stars as Margaret, a young girl who has been plagued with dreams of a strange world since she was a little girl. After a mysterious man with a map visits her one night, she decides to give in to the incessant calls of The Blazing World. Zena Grey and Brianne Tju also appear.

Here are a handful of striking shots as the short film begins its festival tour through 2018.

Carlson Young appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Carlson Young appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Carlson Young appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Zena Grey, Erika Cimino, Carlson Young, Brianne Tju and Alice Carroll Johnson appear in The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Robert Axelrod appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

A film still from The Blazing World by Carlson Young, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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