SHOWING:
7 pm, Sat. 9/23 @ Bham Museum of Art.
directed by Amanda Gusack
* Writer/director Amanda Gusack is scheduled to attend.
Two months after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Dennis Wade, a struggling filmmaker, decides to document his illness. Still free from symptoms, he and his girlfriend, Lily, sublet a house and install motion-triggered security cameras throughout. Two days later, the cameras capture something unsettling: Noises and movement in empty rooms. The next morning, Dennis' cancer begins to advance at an inexplicable rate.
As Dennis worsens by the day, he and Lily discover the horrific source of the disturbances. With his time running out, they must make a decision: Leave the house and save her life... or stay and save his. IN MEMORIUM, is a documentary-style horror film which breaks genre boundaries and terrifies viewers.
Director Bio:
Born and raised in New Jersey, Amanda Gusack studied film and writing at Hampshire College. During the summers, she worked for acclaimed independent animators Emily and Faith Hubley, and interned at Trimark Pictures in Santa Monica. Amanda wrote and directed a 35mm short, THE ANNIVERSARY, which screened at Dances With Films, Stonybrook, and the Palm Springs International Shorts Fest. IN MEMORIUM is her first feature.
Screens with BOTTLE TREE, directed by Edward Tyndall (7 min. / University of North Carolina at Greensboro ) and THE RESURRECTIONIST, directed by Susan Bell (15 min / Florida State University). In BOTTLE TREE, a young man, overwhelmed by pain from the loss of his mother, journeys into the underworld as he tries to free himself from his paralyzing grief. THE RESSURECTIONIST tells the tale of Fredrick, a 19th century gravedigger, who steals a corpse to sell to the local medical college at the urging of his wife.
