Directed by Laura Moss
Starring Marin Ireland and Judy Reyes
Streaming on Shudder Next Week – Friday, November 10th
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“Motherhood is both mad and monstrous in birth/rebirth, Laura Moss’s ultrasmart, ferociously feminist take on the Frankenstein myth.”
– Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times“A clever, provocative new take on a horror classic is born/reborn.
Superbly performed and enjoyably queasy.”
– Jessica Kiang, Variety
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“A showcase for bravura acting [and] a shocking, disturbing and ultimately fascinating debut. Moss presents a provocative existential quandary, and reminds us that horror stories have been women’s stories all along.”
– Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
Synopsis Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession — the reanimation of the dead. Celie (Judy Reyes) is a maternity nurse who has built her life around her bouncy, chatterbox six-year-old daughter, Lila (A.J. Lister). When one tragic night, Lila suddenly falls ill and dies, the two women’s worlds crash into each other. They embark on a dark path of no return where they will be forced to confront how far they are willing to go to protect what they hold most dear.
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This standout directorial debut from Laura Moss reimagines Mary Shelley’s classic horror myth Frankenstein with such a contemporary understanding that it becomes something exciting, terrifying, and singularly new.About the Director
Laura Moss is a filmmaker from NYC whose work has screened at Tribeca, Rotterdam, and SXSW. Their short film ‘Fry Day’ is featured on the Criterion Channel. They directed the sci-fi/comedy pilot ‘eureka,’ which won Best Director, Comedy Pilot at Seriesfest. They were a 2020 Sundance Screenwriters/Directors Labs fellow. Their award-winning screenplay, ‘Gordon’, co-written with Brendan J. O’Brien, is in development.
