The Calgary Underground Film Festival
Homewrecker
Canada, 2019: 87 minutes: Alberta Premiere
description
The shackles of Canadian politeness are the source of nightmares in the pop-horror-satire, HOMEWRECKER. Michelle (Alex Essoe) meets Linda (Precious Chong) at a yoga class. Linda’s wide-eyed enthusiasm is clearly off-putting, but Michelle’s aversion to conflict makes it difficult for her to brush off the increasingly pushy woman. Things escalate once Linda asks Michelle to redecorate her home and refuses to let her leave. Written by director Zach Gayne and the film’s two stars, Precious Chong and Alex Essoe, HOMEWRECKER has an unusual tone informed by late 1980s pop sensibilities. With the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape, the movie escalates into the uncanny, especially as it deals with gendered expectations surrounding femininity and romance.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Fantasia Film Festival 2019
Toronto After Dark 2019
Fantastic Fest 2019
Chattanooga Film Festival 2020
DIRECTOR'S BIO
Zach Gayne is a director and writer, known for the TV show FOUND VIRAL (2015). His feature film debut HOMEWRECKER had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival (2019).
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press for Homewrecker
"HOMEWRECKER is a horror-comedy of manners that places the myth of the assumed sisterhood and our feeble submission to politeness under a hilariously critical microscope."- AWFJ Women on Film
"HOMEWRECKER is a delightfully twisted tale of obsession that is full of surprises."- Cinema Axis
screened with a short film
How To Re-Caulk Your Tub
United States, 2020, 7:08 min. Dir. Sean Pierce
details
Horror / Comedy / First Feature / Narrative / Closed Captioned
EnglishClosed Captions Available For On-Demand Screening
87 minutes
credits
Director
Zach Gayne
Producers
Zach Gayne
Josh Mandel
Ben Umstead
Precious Chong
Lex Emanuel
Alex Essoe
Kyra Rogers
Screenwriters
Zach Gayne
Alex Essoe
Precious Chong
Cinematographer
Delaney Siren
Cast
Precious Chong
Alex Essoe