This short film is 30-minutes long and was directed by Alexis Langlois. It was released in 2021 and hails from France. It is very much a fantastique film and pitches itself as glittercore. It owes a definite debt to the Wizard of Oz, though it is somewhat wilder in its ride, and nods appreciatively towards Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Dorothy (Justine Langlois) is a filmmaker who, despite winning an award, is struggling to get her non-mainstream films funded. As we meet her we see her mind’s eye view of her latest script. She just wants to write glittercore films about enormous breasted, lesbian bikers who destroy the heteronormative patriarchy.
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| Romy the Vampire Slayer |
Unfortunately, her producer (Nana Benamer) calls with the bad news that they have not been awarded funding that was up for grabs – rather Dorothy’s self-appointed rival Xena Lodan (Dustin Muchuvitz) has been given it. The producer suggests that she tries something more mainstream, though insists the film will eventually get made. Her mother (Lio) then contacts her but Dorothy is in no mood for her. She consoles herself with her favourite show, Romy the Vampire Slayer, but just as Romy (Romy Alizée) finds herself in vampiric peril, Dorothy falls asleep…
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| Justine Langlois as Dorothy |
The fever dream she has is the rest of the film and, within it, her mother has become a vampire with both the producer and Xena becoming demons. The film is a technicolour psychedelic trip with some dark moments hiding within the glitter. It is certainly not the mainstream film that the in-film producer suggests.
The imdb page is here.
On Demand @ Shudder via Amazon US
On Demand @ MUBI via Amazon UK
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