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Hounds of Love will have its North American Premiere at SXSW on Saturday, 3/11 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.Īcclaimed FX artist Tom Devlin has finished production on his feature directorial debut Teddy Told Me To, which brings to the screen one of Devlin’s fan-favorite character makeup creations: the titular slasher “Teddy,” originated in 2011 in SyFy’s popular special effects makeup reality series “Face Off”. It’s an important movie, however, that I can only hope opens people’s eyes to the different kinds of abuse that happens daily right under our noses. There are no twists or turns in Hounds of Love, only good old-fashioned storytelling in the vein of the most compelling “Unsolved Mysteries” or “Forensic Files” episodes. It’s all glued together, however, by Young’s excellent writing and directing, which gives this ensemble a morbid sandbox to play in. While this doesn’t negate being an accessory to murder, it does allow the viewer to experience an abduction story from a sympathetic angle, one that I’m quite sure I’ve never seen before.īooth’s performance is so powerful that it’s hard to watch, only adding more tension behind Curry’s manipulative persuasions. In turn, Hounds of Love is about a woman freeing herself from the abuse and torment of her “lover”, who has been manipulating her since she was 13 years old. What really struck a chord within me is that Young made the conscious decision to tell the story from the perspective of Evelyn, not Vicki. The duo torment Vicki as they struggle with their own domestic issues.

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The Australia feature, which has already won various awards, follows a young girl, Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings), who is kidnapped by a serial killer couple, John (Stephen Curry) and Evelyn White (Emma Booth).

This is why I love Ben Young’s Hounds of Love, an abduction story that also shines a light on not one, but two victims. Natural Born Killers), it’s actually terrifying to think of the fear and hopelessness many women have experienced. While the idea of a Bonnie and Clyde is romanticized by modern film (i.e. It’s not just that abuse was normalized decades ago, it’s that a woman wasn’t even believed if they had reported it. Having domestic abuse in my family history makes it a sensitive subject.

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