Before deciding on which Sunday listing from the 2020 FrightFest I'd get a ticket for,I checked to see if any of the titles had gotten reviews. Finding that one film had gotten high praise from playing at the Glasgow FrightFrest earlier in the year, I decided to wait for the ghost.
View on the film:
Revealing in the discussion after the streaming that the movie was formed from extensive workshops with the cast, the screenplay by co-writer/(with MacLeod Andrews and Matt Taylor) director Adam Stovall is given a huge amount of warmth from the method,thanks to the dialogue getting a worn-in casualness in Jack's comedic conversation's with Muriel.
Nailing a left-field Horror character introduction by Jack entering the house in order to do repairs as a blue collar worker, the writers take Jack's handyman skills as a opening to the quirky office politics of ghosting, with Muriel's glowing romance with Jack,under risk of fading out from newbie ghost Rosie being sent out to spook Jack from the house.
Having not even made a short film before, debut director/editor Stovall displays an impeccable subtle touch,closely working with cinematographer Michael C. Potter to cover the haunted house in icy monochrome, bringing a striking Silent Movie star quality to Muriel (played by a alluring Natalie Walker) thanks to emphasising the delicate placement of white lights,rather than the traditional long shadows usually in a haunted house.
Gradually revealing that the real thing haunting Muriel and Jack ( played with a rugged, dead-pan charm by MacLeod Andrews) are them each being in a marginal existence, Stovall conjures up lo-fi indie vibes to the final montage, turning what could be presented as tragedy, into heart-warming romanticism,as Jack waits for the ghost.
View on the film:
Revealing in the discussion after the streaming that the movie was formed from extensive workshops with the cast, the screenplay by co-writer/(with MacLeod Andrews and Matt Taylor) director Adam Stovall is given a huge amount of warmth from the method,thanks to the dialogue getting a worn-in casualness in Jack's comedic conversation's with Muriel.
Nailing a left-field Horror character introduction by Jack entering the house in order to do repairs as a blue collar worker, the writers take Jack's handyman skills as a opening to the quirky office politics of ghosting, with Muriel's glowing romance with Jack,under risk of fading out from newbie ghost Rosie being sent out to spook Jack from the house.
Having not even made a short film before, debut director/editor Stovall displays an impeccable subtle touch,closely working with cinematographer Michael C. Potter to cover the haunted house in icy monochrome, bringing a striking Silent Movie star quality to Muriel (played by a alluring Natalie Walker) thanks to emphasising the delicate placement of white lights,rather than the traditional long shadows usually in a haunted house.
Gradually revealing that the real thing haunting Muriel and Jack ( played with a rugged, dead-pan charm by MacLeod Andrews) are them each being in a marginal existence, Stovall conjures up lo-fi indie vibes to the final montage, turning what could be presented as tragedy, into heart-warming romanticism,as Jack waits for the ghost.