Last week, we had the pleasure of joining director William Brent Bell for the premiere of his upcoming horror film Lord of Misrule.
If you saw our post last week, you know we attended the premiere for Lord of Misrule at the Culver Theater. You might also know, before the film premiered, it was introduced by the director, William Brent Bell, who spoke a little about what his inspirations behind the film were. If you missed the post, don’t stress too heard — here’s the post:
In his first film since Orphan: First Kill, William Brent Bell brings back folk horror in his newest film Lord of Misrule. The film is an homage to the subgenre in the same vein as The Wicker Man and a bit of Midsommar. It centers around a priest who moves to a new town and after the town festival, her daughter goes missing. As she searches for her daughter, she quickly uncovers secrets about the town’s past and their seeming connection to her daughter’s disappearance.
After the film was a reception at Parmizza which had amazing food to be honest (if you’re in Culver City definitely stop there 100%). While there I got to speak to the director himself afterwards. It was interesting because I asked him if he had kids to which he replied that he didn’t, which was interesting since most of his horror films center around the relationship between parents and their children, specifically safety and grief, loss, etc.
When asked how he’s able to turn over horror movies of his quality with the stories he’s handed; Bell response was essentially to make what you want to see on screen… and make it entertaining. And this is very clear in Lord of Misrule. It’s a movie that Bell wanted to see and isn’t a crowd pleaser except for when it follows the traditional folk horror storyline. While it’s not something that completely changes the game, fans of psychological thrillers and folk horror should probably see it if they want a quick horror film that doesn’t take too long to get to where it needs to go.
Lord of Misrule is now in theaters and VOD.
