A two-headed beast lurking at the roadhouse where Arthouse meets Grindhouse, CINEMA VISCERA is an internationally award-winning independent film production company based in Melbourne, Australia, dedicated to making defiantly different films that tell urgent stories through the prism of much-loved genres, with complex characters and a frequent focus on female leads. |
" Co-written and co-directed by local dynamic duo Paul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings, APPARITIONS (2021) is an apt name for a film whose ambience (both aural and visual) often had me believing I was seeing things that weren’t there, adding to its inherent creepiness. There’s some nice giallo-esque touches to some scenes, and in some of the effective use of coloured lighting, in a story that weaves between the supernatural and the slasher genres, with elements of the crime thriller bonding the two together and helping to keep the story grounded. Cate O'Connor is quite excellent in the lead, playing a young woman trying to unravel the childhood nightmares that torment her. Co-writer/director Cummings is also great to watch as a no-nonsense, motorbike-riding detective trying to make sense of some cold case homicides..." - John Harrison