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Belgian Psychological Horror ‘Memento Mori’ Recalls Attack That Led to Coma [Cannes]
Memento Mori, which premiered at the Bruxelles International Fantastic Film Festival, will be introduced on the market of Cannes by the international sales agency EuroObscura, Bloody Disgusting learned this morning.
Memento Mori is a psychological thriller focusing on a teenage girl in a coma as she relives the events that led to her trauma.
Memento Mori is the first feature movie helmed by Michael Vermaercke, a young filmmaker from Flanders who has directed various short movies, the latest of which, The Disturber, won the first prize at the International Vampire Film Festival in Transylvania in 2016.
In the words of the director, “the film is about the fears and insecurities” of teenagers who are about to enter adulthood.
Produced by Piet Sonck for the independent production company Gypsy Productions, the movie centers around the character of Fleur (lead actress Charlotte De Wulf), a teenager whose life seems perfect: beautiful, popular, rich. Yet she has a dark secret which is revealed during a pool party, where a violent incident happens that will end with her in a coma.
The title comes from the Latin sentence meaning “remember you will die,” a reference to the condition of teenagers who are enjoying a promiscuous and vital life while approaching the end of adolescence.
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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery
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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