Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:30

Interview: A Banquet Director Ruth Paxton Talks Horror Inspirations And Directing Jessica Alexander

Written by Raven Brunner
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Scottish director Ruth Paxton brings this warm-blooded movie to life, drawing inspirations from horror movie greats and contemporary artwork.

Packed with memorable scenes, mind-numbing horror, and unnerving possession, A Banquet is an arthouse horror movie that'll never go out of style. The psychodrama follows a single mother and her two daughters, Betsey (Jessica Alexander) and Isabelle (Ruby Stokes), through a nightmare-ish experience. After a close brush with death at a young age, years later, Betsey finds herself being summoned towards the woods during a blood moon. She immediately falls ill and after countless visits to the hospital along with her standoffish, yet caring mother, she surrenders herself to her body — refusing to eat and driving away her loved ones with her unusual comments about the afterlife.

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