Fear(s) of the Dark - 2007

Incredibly Strange Film Festival
Fear(s) of the Dark - 2007
aka Peur(s) du noir

One line review: French, animated, black and white, horror anthology, if none of those words put you off, it is highly recommended.

Horror anthologies are nothing new, and done right they can be a lot of fun (Amicus, I am looking at you). On the plus side, it can be an interesting way to mount a series of thematically linked ideas, without having to stretch them out to feature length. On the negative, there will always be weaker stories that are shaded by the segments you preferred.

So, all the segments of this are animated, black and white, horror related and are in subtitled French. If you have a problem with any of those elements, you are in for a rough time. If you are intrigued by all those elements, this comes highly recommended.

From a traditional 2d, through highly abstract to new forms of cartoon rendered 3d, each segment has its own visual style. And each style is used to tell a different type of story. Luckily for me, my favourite segments were the first, with Charles Burns body horror insect story, and the last, a strong visually inventive haunted house story.

Check out the trailer link, check out the pictures, if they arouse your interest, check it out.


http://www.primalinea.com/pdn/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70oVIphkXcw