15 minutes of Newfoundland folk horror that'll ruin mummers for you forever.
An elderly woman recounts the disturbing history of mummering in 1920s Newfoundland. Eve witnesses a murder; her only escape is into the woods as a darker truth comes to light.
Acting
Mary Walsh's grandmother — warmth curdling into complicity.
Costume
Those handmade mummer masks are genuinely upsetting.
Cinematography
Newfoundland winter as suffocating character.
Director
Shane Mills
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mummering was actually banned in Newfoundland from 1861-1990 due to violence; this film restores its genuinely menacing roots.
Mary Walsh is a Newfoundland comedy legend — her casting subverts expectations of who's 'allowed' to deliver horror.
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