A fiction into a fiction where strangers share time and space, not knowing their intentions.
A log cabin in the woods, a typewriter machine, a handy camera film, and sharp objects complement each other in this tale of sexual desire and danger. Ben (Joshua Tonks) is a writer in need of insight to tell his stories, the cabin is the perfect spot for it, a nest of inspiration where he awaits the visit of his significant other Jamie (William Tippery) to spend some time together. Suddenly a stranger (Jay Clift) arrives in the night, he has injured hands and looks for shelter in the supposedly empty cabin he once knew…
A tattooed man sleeping under a Guatemalan wool blanquet from Totonicapán stimulates Ben’s imagination to write a mystery thriller novel of a writer and his doubts. Ideas for a novel come from leather clothes, fetishes, and sexual fantasies, they translate into a vulnerable typed text.
Drama develops and at the end, a silent witness, the latent image, remains to tell the tale.
Deathtrap meets Misery, without the effective force of either of them, in this British film directed by Alexander McGregor Birrell
The film world premiered at the Soho Horror Festival in London and recently had its American Premiere at Miami´s OUTShine Film Festival. It is slated for DVD and VOD/Streaming on September 12, 2023
Review by José Mayorga , Guatemala, Central America lawyer and notary public, visual artist, and editor of El Azar Cultural, lives and works in Guatemala City. Cinema lover, curious about the possibilities life brings and eager to live the experience.
Labels: 2023, British queer, horror, José Mayorga, review, The Latent IImage
