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Dark Place

Synopsis

Dark Place is an Australian Aboriginal horror anthology with five terrifically twisted tales by five Aboriginal filmmakers.

Australian genre cinema takes an exciting leap forward with Dark Place, a quintet of tales that approach post-colonial Aboriginal history through the lenses of horror and fantasy:

  • Killer Native (Bjorn Stewart): Early settlers Tom and Sally head to the bush to stake a claim. Here they come face to face with a Blackfella, who warns them of a deadly ghoul roaming the area.
  • Foe (Liam Phillip): When Elena, a chronic insomniac, wakes up with blood on her dress and a bloody knife in her bed, she questions whether sleep might actually be a portal to something terrifying deep inside her.
  • Vale Light (Rob Braslin): Single mum, Shae, and her daughter, Isabel, are doing it tough in the public housing commission estate of Pendle Vale, until one day a witch decides to change their fortune.
  • The Shore (Perun Bonser): A young girl living an isolated life in the woods with her father discovers that growing up alone isn't just for her protection - it's for ours.
  • Scout (Kodie Bedford): Kidnapped from her own home and forced into the murky world of sex slavery, Scout has finally had enough. She devises a plan to escape and take revenge against her captors.

Details

Cast
Foe: Leonie Whyman, Josh Quong Tart
Vale Light: Tasia Zalar, Sara Pensalfini, Jolie Everett
Killer Native: Clarence Ryan, Charlie Garber, Lily Sullivan, Natasha Waganeen
Scout: Katie Beckett, Shakira Clanton, Tamala Shelton, Nelson Baker, Nicholas Hope, Hugh Sheridan
The Shore: Luka May Glynn-Cole, Bernard Curry
Release dates
15 June 2019 – World premiere at the Sydney Film Festival
Rating
MA 15+ - Mature accompanied

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Korff, J 2022, Dark Place, <https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/movies/dark-place>, retrieved 6 November 2024

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