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by Peggy AHWESH
1993 / 16mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 9' 00 |
Ahwesh's two young actresses, Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences. Informed by a wide range of issues and concerns, including feminism, psychoanalytic theory, home-movie aesthetics, film genre conventions, and the notion of self-reflexivity in film. …The Scary Movie turns the notion of “play” on it’s head. Ahwesh's work is notable in the way that it combines subjects of seriousness and gravity with a confident use of film form, a disarming wit, and a frankness that catches one by surprise.