13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black (2022)

13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black (2022). 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black: Directed by Bradley Steele Harding. With Bridie Marie Corbett, Lara Clapp Williams, Moira Wilson, Van Quattro. After a tragic event, a sheltered young woman seeks the comfort of some long-forgotten scary story records from her youth. The specter of losing her family home and a string of crimes in her neighborhood propel her toward a dark obsession with the frightening tales. Eerily, they begin to reveal occult truths and hint at a violent, inescapable fate. Like a disease, the stories begin to infect others who enter her world, creating disturbing encounters that bring her to the threshold of terror.

“13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black, the first feature of Bradley Steele Harding, made for $20,000, is impressive. First, it has an original conceit: The film is narrated in Greek chorus fashion with stories from those old Halloween vinyl records of years gone by. Second, while the budget was tiny, this is not a careless production. Almost every shot is carefully blocked, and there is some imagination in the sound design. Finally, kudos for getting the wonderful Udo KIer as the opening narrator.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome might consider this like one of those elevated u0026quot;artsyu0026quot; horror films from A24 with its slow burn and cryptic structure, which are so much in vogue today. I donu0026#39;t. I think the film is more of a throwback to early1970s Italian giallo/supernatural thrillers like All the Colors of the Dark and The Perfume of the Woman in Black. Indeed, lead Bridie Marie Corbett resembles a low-keyed Edwige Fenech. For a film paying homage to a beloved genre, it does pretty well for itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, count me in as a fan of this original work. I want to see what Steele does with a bigger budget. Itu0026#39;s sure to be cool.”