Fantasia ’19 Review: “VIVARIUM” is an eerie suburban nightmare
It casts a creepy spell and further establishes Finnegan and Shanley as a team with imagination and command of their craft to spare.
It casts a creepy spell and further establishes Finnegan and Shanley as a team with imagination and command of their craft to spare.
Director Lorcan Finnegan and screenwriter Garret Shanley previously collaborated on the excellent, underseen WITHOUT NAME, and now they’ve reteamed on VIVARIUM, world-premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Read on for the details, initial poster and a clip from the movie.
A few years back, a marvelously atmospheric horror short called FOXES played the festival circuit, showcasing a pair of burgeoning talents in Irish director Lorcan Finnegan and writer Garret Shanley. That promise pays off in the duo’s feature debut, WITHOUT NAME, which made its U.S. premiere and took four awards (including Best Feature and Best Director) over the weekend at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.