"It's really like running towards a massive rock and trying to push it up a hill until it finally moves." I'm always thrilled to find new voices in horror. And we love learning from first-time directors here at No Film School. So it was a perfect confluence of opportunities to watch She Will, a new IFC Midnight release from director/co-writer Charlotte Colbert. The screenplay, by Kitty Percy and Colbert, was a Brit List entry. The story follows Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige), who undergoes a double mastectomy and travels to a retreat in Scotland with her nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt). It just so happens that the retreat grounds were the site of witch burnings hundreds of years before. The setting dredges up Veronica's past traumas as a child star under director Hathbourne (Malcolm McDowell). Then, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to seek revenge within her dreams... The film is an atmospheric, slow-burn horror, with cinematography by Jamie Ramsay and a score from Clint Mansell. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 14 July, 2022