“You’re a funny little biscuit.” Vertigo Releasing has debuted the full official UK trailer for Hoard, an indie film creation from newcomer writer / director Luna Carmoon, making her feature directorial debut. This premiered in the Critics Week sidebar at the 2023 Venice Film Festival last year, with stops at the Athens and London Film Festivals. Not to be confused with the 2018 horror movie The Hoard, or any other horror films. In a fearlessly strange and intense psychological drama a troubled teenager forms an obsessive bond with a mysterious young man at her foster home. Starring Saura Lightfoot Leon as Maria, with Hayley Squires, Joseph Quinn, Lily-Beau Leach, and Samantha Spiro. It’s hard to describe this very strange film, which is exceptionally odd and icky at times. Most reviews at festivals last year were positive, saying: “this is unfiltered filmmaking that indulges every storytelling whim, however uncomfortable it might turn out to be.” This trailer plays like it is a horror film, though it’s a bit more sentimental and bizarre than that. // Continue Reading ›
Full UK Trailer for Luna Carmoon’s Odd Psychological Thriller ‘Hoard’
