Fantasia ’25 Movie Review: “BURNING” fights fire with fire
The way the filmmakers manipulate perspective and empathy from one segment to the next is remarkably skillful.
The way the filmmakers manipulate perspective and empathy from one segment to the next is remarkably skillful.
Many sequences require listeners to strain their ears to make out clues, and in doing so open themselves up to a new type of horror-movie experience.
The short film showcase once again proves that women in horror are a force to be reckoned with.
It feels like a valentine to the genre as a whole, and has a bit of fun with all of its attendant tropes and creatures.
The filmmakers keep the twists and surprises coming, taking the audience into unexpected places that are both unsettlingly strange and blackly humorous.