This horror anthology contains four short films by female directors
Karyn Kusama, Annie Clark (aka the musician St. Vincent),
Roxanne Benjamin, and
Jovanka Vuckovic. The stories include: "The Birthday Party," about a harried mom (
Melanie Lynskey) who has to keep the fun going at her son's birthday, even after she finds her husband dead; "Her Only Living Son," about a mother (
Christina Kirk) whose suspicions about her teenage son (
Kyle Allen) prove terrifyingly correct; "The Box," an adaptation of a story by
Jack Ketchum about a young boy's self-starvation after a chance encounter on the subway; and "The Fall," about college stoners who must survive a wilderness adventure. Stop-motion animations by Sofía Carrillo provide interstitials between the chapters. ~ Violet LeVoit
