Honeydew

Local title
Mesineste
Director
Devereux Milburn
Country
USA
Year
2020
Programme
HÕFF Main Programme
Genre
suspense film, horror film

It’s been a rough night for Sam (Sawyer Spielberg) and Riley (Malin Barr), a young couple taking a road trip through a stretch of backwoods roads. First, they’re kicked off a campsite; then, their car breaks down. Looking for help, they ring the doorbell of an isolated house owned by Karen (Barbara Kingsley), a peculiar older woman who lives with her even stranger son, Gunni. As Sam and Riley wait for someone to arrive to fix their ride, Karen offers to make them something to eat. Thats when their host starts revealing a bit about herself, which is also when Sam and Rileys night shifts from annoying to something much, much worse.

It’s a familiar horror film setup: a desperate situation leads folks to enter the wrong house in the wrong part of the woods. But none of those films are quite like “Honeydew”, an unhinged discovery from rookie filmmaker Devereux Millburn. With its quirky sound design, playful visual language, and blend of twisted violence and macabre humor, “Honeydew” steadily distorts genre conventions while introducing an unforgettable new geriatric horror villain.

Director
Devereux Milburn
Screenwriter
Devereux Milburn
Cast
Sawyer Spielberg, Malin Barr, Barbara Kingsley
Producer
Dan Kennedy, Alan Pierson
DoP
Dan Kennedy
Editor
Devereux Milburn
Music
John Mehrmann
Production
Little Sky Film, Rubber Road Productions
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
Other festivals
Tribeca, Sitges, Frightfest
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