MidWest WeirdFest is delighted to announce the addition of the chilling German horror tale MARLENE to the 2021 festival lineup. The film is the feature debut of talented German director Andreas Resch.
MARLENE was selected to screen at MidWest WeirdFest by well respected Australian film critic and horror buff Bryn Tilly. Bryn is also the programming director of Australia's oldest and premiere genre focused film festival: A Night of Horror International Film Festival; founded by MidWest WeirdFest's Dean Bertram.
MARLENE was one of Bryn's top 20 films of the year as posted on his Cult Projections website.
Bryn writes of the film: “The apartment building psycho neighbour. Yep, it’s a classic thriller scenario, but this one transforms existing tropes into a horrifying, all-too-real nightmare. Directed with gripping skill, and superbly acted, in particular Cordula Zielonka in the titular role, Andreas Resch’s debut feature is part of an emerging European slow-burn horror movement and presents the all-too-real horror with a surprising and most curious twist in the tail.”
MARLENE replaces the film MIRANDA VEIL at the 2021 festival. It screens Saturday March 6, 6pm at Micon Downtown Cinema.
Tickets are available for MARLENE as well as the rest of the festival’s films here via FilmFreeway.