Last updated on February 12th, 2024 at 05:20 am
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A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the UK’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.
NEON distributes in the US.
Filmed in and around Cornwall, England.
It’s said that the film was “shot on 16mm color negative using a 1970’s clockwork Bolex camera and post sync sound. This was to achieve the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a desolate, haunted movie palace.”
Also described as “mind-bending Cornish folk horror.”
Described as an “ecosophical horror” movie.
NEON released Enys Men in select theaters on March 31, 2023.
Enys Men arrived on VOD on April 18, 2023.
Allied Vaughn released Enys Men on DVD on May 23, 2023.
Director: Mark Jenkin
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