"'I won't speak of disgusting things because they disgust me!'- Mother, Psycho"
Chauntal Lewis
The Commune (2009)
By Superheidi on February 26th, 2009
Written and directed by Elizabeth Fies
Produced by Heidi Hornbacher
Featuring Chauntal Lewis, David Lago, Stuart G. Bennett, Adrian Lee, Cindy Baer, Elisabeth Fies, Trevor Murphy
2009 www.thecommunemovie.com
Often, the most frightening horror films are made by women not intending to make horror movies at all - In My Skin, Urban Ghost Story, and Baise Moi are all examples of female filmmaking that take a terrifying turn into horror when the filmmakers may have least expected it. The Commune is one such film. Skipping all the bullshit and going straight for the visceral purity of true horror, director Elizabeth Fies weaves a dark Alice in Wonderland story with dangerous sexual perversion and exploration, tense realism and Arthurian subtexts...
