Shadows

A group of men discover intolerance can have fatal consequences when they target a person returning home from a night out.

Shadows explores queer representation while drawing on the revenge trope to present a recognisable genre story arc. Rather than create a ‘vengeful monster’ through disempowering and torturing the protagonist, the release of the Being of Light is reinterpreted as a birth and becoming. In this way, the fate the men receive at their own hands serves as an acknowledgement of public discourse on gender identity and an analogue for contemporary attitudes to such anti-social behaviour.

Shadows takes stylistic cues from films like Possessor (2020) and Hellraiser (2022), with a healthy dose of the psychedelics of Mandy (2018).

Status: Completed

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Monster Fest 2024

Credits
Written & Directed - Mark Gambino
Starring - Juliet Hindmarsh, Gabriel Partington, Winleigh Wadsworth & Ben McCarthy
Producer - Mark Gambino
Line Producer - Adrian Diaz
Director of Photography - Braden McDonald
Editing, Colour & Visual Effects - Mark Gambino
First Assistant Director - William Lindsey
Second Assistant Director - Diego Osorio
Camera Operator - Jack Webb, Mark Gambino
Gaffer - Jack Webb, Diego Osorio
Production Design & Wardrobe - Perrie Taylor, Sophie Joske
Hair & Makeup - Georgia Wohlgemuth
Special Effects Makeup - James Chawynski
Production Sound Mixer - Sean Gage
Assistant Sound Mixer - Liam Gage, Diego Osorio
Music - Rosie Rai
Sound Design - Mark Gambino
Stills Photographer - Rhys Sherring
Technical Consultant - Richard De Silva