Fantasia Finds Lost 35MM Print of George Mihalka’s Eternal Evil
Jonathan Barkan
|
Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival has unearthed a thought-to-be lost 35MM print of George Mihalka’s Eternal Evil, which they will be screening July 26th at 7pm at the Cinémathèque Québécoise. The screening will include a Q&A with Mihalka, whose debut feature was 1981’s fantastic horror film My Bloody Valentine.
Synopsis:
A director going through a creative slump, Paul Sharpe is forced to shoot insipid TV commercials just to keep his Montreal-based production company afloat. Dissatisfied of his life both at work and at home, he finds solace in the arms of his mistress, Janus, who introduces him to the world of astral projections, an esoteric practice in which the spirit dissociates itself from the body to freely explore its surroundings. But are these astral journeys really harmless? Not only is Paul’s son convinced that he’s seeing a transparent blue being flying around the house, but people close to Paul are now starting to die one after another while he sleeps. Furthermore, it appears that the victims’ bones and internal organs are literally shredded from the inside. With a cop investigating the string of murders, the noose is tightening around Paul as he comes to realize that this whole ordeal can probably be traced back to a documentary he made a few years earlier.
Categorized:News
