Hole Head 2010 Program Guide - 'Fell'
Fell
Producer – Shahin Gholami
Childhood abuse from a drunk and violent father has left a terrible mark on Leah. She’s living in a rural town and juggles full time work at a hotel with full time care for her disabled mother. Beyond this she works on fashion design and hopes to get into college some day. A beautiful bright yellow dress seems to be the ray of sunshine she’d always hoped for. Beyond that yellow dress there is a darker side to Leah and this side keeps coming up as she explores her morbid “talent.”
Leah is clearly a disturbed woman and there is no doubt her past abuse follows her and is something she cannot escape. She mutters about the abuse and her Father. “I see him everywhere. He haunts me. He’s my ghost. Because of you, because of you…” Yes, there is no doubt that bad things have happened. It also becomes clear that Leah is causing some very bad things to happen as well. Fell is a subtle film with none of the in your face gore and horror. Clearly, terrible things are happening to some of the men Leah takes home to the family farm. We see a glimpse of the bound and the gagged, but we don’t see much more. Fell takes the psychological thriller horror film and hands the special effects back to the mind of the viewer. What you imagine and what Leah is quite clearly doing is absolutely horrific. Exceptional cinematography and a painful collection of violent actions, but no buckets of blood here.
Fell is a genuinely creepy film that portrays the terror of abuse and a cycle of pain that follows Leah as she tries to stitch old wounds and heal. A painful and haunting film that displays real pain and a saga of suffering.
- Mike Skurko
Producer – Shahin Gholami
Childhood abuse from a drunk and violent father has left a terrible mark on Leah. She’s living in a rural town and juggles full time work at a hotel with full time care for her disabled mother. Beyond this she works on fashion design and hopes to get into college some day. A beautiful bright yellow dress seems to be the ray of sunshine she’d always hoped for. Beyond that yellow dress there is a darker side to Leah and this side keeps coming up as she explores her morbid “talent.”
Leah is clearly a disturbed woman and there is no doubt her past abuse follows her and is something she cannot escape. She mutters about the abuse and her Father. “I see him everywhere. He haunts me. He’s my ghost. Because of you, because of you…” Yes, there is no doubt that bad things have happened. It also becomes clear that Leah is causing some very bad things to happen as well. Fell is a subtle film with none of the in your face gore and horror. Clearly, terrible things are happening to some of the men Leah takes home to the family farm. We see a glimpse of the bound and the gagged, but we don’t see much more. Fell takes the psychological thriller horror film and hands the special effects back to the mind of the viewer. What you imagine and what Leah is quite clearly doing is absolutely horrific. Exceptional cinematography and a painful collection of violent actions, but no buckets of blood here.
Fell is a genuinely creepy film that portrays the terror of abuse and a cycle of pain that follows Leah as she tries to stitch old wounds and heal. A painful and haunting film that displays real pain and a saga of suffering.
- Mike Skurko
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