Directors Mali Elfman and Carlota Pereda Discuss Their Unique Takes On Horror [Watch]
Directors Mali Elfman and Carlota Pereda burst onto the horror scene last year and quickly grabbed our attention with their films Next Exit and Piggy. Elfman’s Next Exit ripped out our hearts and played with them. Pereda’s Piggy also ripped out our hearts, but then took a massive bite. Elfman and Pereda demanded our attention and they sure got it.
In Next Exit:
A research scientist makes national news proving she
can track people into the afterlife – Rose sees a way out and Teddy sees his chance to finally make it. These two strangers, both harboring dark secrets, race to join the doctor’s contentious study and leave this life behind. While Rose is haunted by a ghostly presence that she can’t outrun, Teddy is forced to confront his past. As these two misfits humorously quarrel their way across the country, they meet people along the way who force them to reckon with what is really driving them.
In Piggy:
With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of incessant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger — an interest that’s mutual — she’s torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.
While these films are incredibly different in tone and subject matter, they both tackle the horror genre through unique perspectives that keep horror feeling fresh. Whether grappling with mortality or butchering bullies, Elfman and Pereda have both staked their claim as genre directors that are here to shape the future of horror.
Dread Central sat down with Elfman and Pereda to talk about women in horror, tackling taboos, making your first feature, and more.
Watch the full interview:
Next Exit and Piggy are available now on digital and VOD.
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