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Experience a bizarre “OPERA OF CRUELTY” in surreal short film; info and trailer

Friday, March 16, 2018 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Currently making the festival rounds, OPERA OF CRUELTY is a short film awash in dark, menacing style and striking visuals. Read on for details and to check out the trailer.

Written and directed by Max R.A. Fedore, who also appears in the movie, and produced by Nora Unkel and Devin Shepherd, OPERA OF CRUELTY also stars Tony Bordonaro and Chelsea Lee Williams and meshes musical performance elements with horrific imagery. Last year, it won the Gold Medal in the Alternative Category at the Student Academy Awards. The synopsis: “A Young Victim is invited to an immersive operatic production led by the Famed Fiend, a collector and protector of talent, and finds himself infatuated with the Tempestuous Tigress, a young woman and the favorite performer, who wants nothing but to escape.” For more on OPERA OF CRUELTY, head over to Fedore’s website.

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).