FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD Review – Flawed Protagonists Hunt Ghosts In Suspenseful Drama
David Gelmini reviews the short film FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD. By David Gelmini
Directed by Richard Markworth and John Whitaker
Having just debuted on
YouTube, the gritty short film
Flowers For The Dead is certainly worth your time if you’re in the mood for something decidedly gritty with two believably flawed protagonists. Richard Markworth and Alan Austen respectively star as Peter and George, two former convicts hoping to hit it big by producing a paranormal-themed video in a supposedly haunted forest. A young woman recently disappeared in the local area, and they plan to contact her spirit on camera, or at least to make it look like they have. What they don’t realise that the forest is haunted by more than the spirits of a missing woman, something they learn the hard way when they decide to meddle with things they don’t un
Exclusive Interview: Emma Dark Talks GORYŌ
David Gelmini talks to Emma Dark about her latest short film, GORYŌ! By David Gelmini
Filmmaker Emma Dark has clearly been keeping herself over the last several months. Her latest short film,
Goryō, was filmed and edited last year at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and was included as a segment in the lockdown-themed anthology
The Isolation Horrors, which you can watch on YouTube. However,
Goryō will soon be screened individually at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival later this year in a socially-distanced environment, so fans of Dark’s work will finally have a chance to watch it on the big screen.