Strange Harvest
Strange Harvest | Stuart Ortiz | US 2024 | 94 Min
| DCP
Filmcasino
Th,25.09.▸23:00
When the bodies of the Sheridan family are found in 2013, it’s not just the unusual savagery of the crime that sends shivers down the investigating officers’ spines but also a symbol painted on the ceiling in the victims’ blood. The symbol is Mr. Shiny’s, a serial killer who has been terrorizing California for three decades. Cops Joe Kirby and Lexi Taylor reopen the spectacular and shocking case in Strange Harvest, detailing their cat-and-mouse game with the psychopath. Stuart Ortiz’s frightening mockumentary excels in mimicking true-crime docs, replete with contemporary news reports, Zoom interviews with experts, and police footage from the crime scenes. (Markus Keuschnigg)
Stuart Ortiz
Stuart Ortiz is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and editor. He and Colin Minihan teamed up as The Vicious Brothers to co-write and co-direct the cult hit Grave Encounters (2011) and co-wrote its sequel, Grave Encounters 2 (2012). Stuart went on to co-write the Minihan-directed films Extraterrestrial (2014) and It Stains the Sands Red (SLASH 2017). The found-footage shocker Strange Harvest, which won Best Picture at the Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival, marks his return to the feature directing chair.
Stuart Ortiz is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and editor. He and Colin Minihan teamed up as The Vicious Brothers to co-write and co-direct the cult hit Grave Encounters (2011) and co-wrote its sequel, Grave Encounters 2 (2012). Stuart went on to co-write the Minihan-directed films Extraterrestrial (2014) and It Stains the Sands Red (SLASH 2017). The found-footage shocker Strange Harvest, which won Best Picture at the Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival, marks his return to the feature directing chair.
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