Directed by Joel Anderson • 2008 • Australia
Starring Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, David Pledger
One of the finest of the faux-documentary horror films that proliferated in the 2000s, this profoundly unnerving exploration of loss, grief, and family secrets convincingly assumes the form of a television special centered on the Palmers, an Australian family whose world is turned upside down when their sixteen-year-old daughter Alice drowns while on a lake trip. But when Alice begins appearing in photographs and videos taken after the incident, it opens up disturbing questions about the mystery of both her life and death.
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Triangle
Directed by Christopher Smith • 2009 • United Kingdom, Australia
Starring Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael CarpaniSomething like THE SHINING at sea, this surreal psychological puzzle follows single mother Jess (Melissa George) as she sets out on a boating trip from the coast of Florida w...
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Trouble Every Day
Directed by Claire Denis • 2001 • France
Starring Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice DalleClaire Denis’s poetic take on the body-horror genre is an atmospheric reverie of blood and lust that lays bare the filmmaker’s core artistic concerns around power, desire, and delirium. Newlyweds Shane...
