Midnight Sundance Movies | 2021 Sundance Film Festival Recap
/The Midnight section holds Sundance's most daring, dark, and occasionally dirty movies. Though 2021 had a limited slate, there were still plenty of scares and a lot of shocks among these 6 movies. Also, Zach and Art run through their favorites in the Shorts Program!
Censor
When film censor Enid discovers an eerie horror that speaks directly to her sister’s mysterious disappearance, she resolves to unravel the puzzle behind the film and its enigmatic director – a quest blurring the lines between fiction and reality in terrifying ways.
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond
Writers: Prano Bailey-Bond, Anthony Fletcher
Stars: Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley
OUR RATINGS
Check out our discussion on CENSOR on the Intercut Podcast!
Coming Home in the Dark
A family’s outing descends into terror when teacher Alan Hoaganraad, his wife Jill and stepsons Maika and Jordon explore an isolated coastline. An unexpected meeting with a pair of drifters, the enigmatic psychopath Mandrake and his accomplice Tubs, thrusts the family into a nightmare when they find themselves captured.
Director: James Ashcroft
Writers: Eli Kent, James Ashcroft
Cast: Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu
OUR RATINGS
Check out our discussion on COMING HOME IN THE DARK on the Intercut Podcast!
A Glitch in the Matrix
A multi-media exploration of simulation theory – an idea as old as Plato’s Republic and as current as Elon Musk’s Twitter feed – through the eyes of those who suspect our world isn’t real. Part sci-fi mind-scrambler, part horror story, this is a digital journey to the limits of radical doubt.
Directors: Rodney Ascher
OUR RATINGS
Check out our discussion on A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX on the Intercut Podcast!
Knocking
When Molly moves into her new apartment after a tragic accident, a strange noise from upstairs begins to unnerve her. As its intensity grows, she confronts her neighbors – but no one seems to hear what she is hearing.
Director: Frida Kempff
Writer: Emma Broström (screenplay), Johan Theorin (novel)
Stars: Cecilia Milocco
OUR RATINGS
Check out our discussion on KNOCKING on the Intercut Podcast!
Mother Schmuckers
Synopsis: Issachar & Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother’s beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it – or she will kick them out.
Directors: Lenny Guit, Harpo Guit
Writers: Lenny Guit, Harpo Guit
Stars: Harpo Guit, Maxi Delmelle, Claire Bodson, Mathieu Amalric, Habib Ben Tanfous
OUR RATINGS
Check out our discussion on MOTHER SCHMUCKERS on the Intercut Podcast!
Violation
Synopsis: A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.
Directors: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli
Writers: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli
Cast: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo, Cynthia Ashperger
OUR RATINGS
Check out our discussion on VIOLATION on the Intercut Podcast!
Pictures and images above are Courtesy of the Sundance Institute and the films’ respective Studios.
