By MICHAEL GINGOLD
A pair of award-winning short-filmmakers mark their feature debuts with this supernatural chiller.
Dark Sky Films will release TENEMENT, Cambodia’s official entry for Best International Film at the 98th Academy Awards, in theaters and on VOD October 24. Written and directed by Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea, it stars Thanet Thorn, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Socheata Sveng, Mony Rous and Katsuya Maiguma. The synopsis: “Following the death of her mother, a Japanese-Cambodian manga artist decides to travel to Cambodia along with her boyfriend, in a quest to find out more about the country her mother fled. She reunites with lost family and moves into the apartment where her mother used to live. As she tries to find out more about her past, she’s confronted to strange events within the building that hint at something darker going on with the residents. What first appears as over-caring considerations from the community towards the newcomers soon turns out to be part of a ritual. The residents are preparing a new host for the building’s evil spirit, before it starts killing them once again.”
