Already in full force over the weekend, tonight is the night when ghouls and goblins of all ages get to come out and play. And it’s also when many will be curling up at home to watch something to give them a little scare (if you’re stumped, we’ve got plenty of suggestions). But horror whether at home or at the movies doesn’t just end with Halloween, and there’s another chiller coming before the end of the year that should put your hairs on end.
Directed by Nicolas Pesce, “The Eyes Of My Mother” stars Kika Magalhães, Will Brill, Flora Diaz, Paul Nazak, Clara Wong, Diana Agostini, and Olivia Bond, with the story centering on a little girl, and a childhood incident that resonates years later. Here’s the synopsis:
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form. Shot in crisp black and white, the haunting visual compositions evoke its protagonist’s isolation and illuminate her deeply unbalanced worldview. Genre-inflected, but so strikingly unique as to defy categorization, writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s feature debut allows only an elliptical presence in Francisca’s world, guiding our imaginations to follow her into peculiar, secret places.
“The Eyes Of My Mother” screens next at Fantastic Fest and opens on in theaters and on iTunes on December 2nd.