New Rue Morgue Film To Premiere
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Rue Morgue Cinema follows up its award-winning flagship film
The Eyes of Edward James, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival with a new entry
The Demonology of Desire, an Official Selection of the 2007 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (June 12-17, Toronto).
"I am really honoured and thrilled," commented writer/director Rodrigo Gudiño,
Rue Morgue's publisher and founding editor. "
The Demonology of Desire is a significant departure from my previous movie and I hope it speaks to a wide audience of not just genre fans, but fans of subversive cinema."
The 22-minute film is one of 265 shorts chosen from 3100+ submissions at this year's WSFF and marks Gudiño's second directorial outing.
The Demonology of Desire tells the story of Ramona, a unique girl with a strange idea of what love is. One night before going to bed, Ramona makes a powerful wish, a wish that is seemingly answered the next day by Eric, a young boy who has no idea the dark, fantastical depths that love can go. Equal parts fatal fable, romantic thriller and artcore horror, The Demonology of Desire is a love story... with a caustic heart.
"I wanted to be free to make a nasty horror film that was also thematically and symbolically rich," said Gudiño, "and I hope I have achieved that with this darkly eccentric film."
The film stars Bianca Rusu (Haunted) and newcomers Tudor Popleanu and Jewelia Fisico, and features cinematography by Derek Rogers c.s.c (
Cube, Resident Evil: Apocalypse) and special make-up effects by Gaslight Studio (
300, Land of the Dead, Saw III).
The Demonology of Desire is produced by Marco Pecota (
Pink, The Eyes of Edward James) and co-produced by Brenton Bentz (Pink, Road Scholars).
For updates and screening times and dates:
Worldwide Short Film Festival
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