Asmodeus

A man undergoes a ritual in which he is possessed by three lustful witchy women of decidedly supernatural pedigree After his acclaimed Thanatomorphose genre filmmaker Éric Falardeau is both behind and before the camera in this sensory extravaganza somewhere between an occult hallucination and a selfportrait of conflicted masculinity that serves up a heady mix of horror poetry and unbridled eroticism A tribute to the magic of Méliès the early American avantgarde and underground film think Kenneth Anger Asmodeus renders bodies and fluids transcendent through its use of textured blackandwhite Super 8 and incamera special effects A cinematic memento mori thats at once carnal and otherworldly