SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 - 3 PM WITH REMOTE Q&A TO FOLLOW

FEAR ITSELF
dir. Charlie Shackleton, 2015
88 mins. United Kingdom.

Recovering from the grief of a lost sibling, a woman in voice-over reflects on her paradoxical repulsion and fixation with viewing horror films in seclusion. Shackleton’s visual track takes us through a century-spanning tour of the genre, eclectically sampling hundreds of well-known and obscure gems from around the world. While its essayistic qualities are squared confidently in the foreground, FEAR ITSELF never lets intellectualizing overcome an ever-present sense of impending fright.