Featuring music from her fourth studio album produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, this evocative film experience stars Halsey as the young and pregnant Queen Lila, who wrestles with the manipulative chokehold of love.
Cuando un grupo de jóvenes de la universidad deciden ir hacia la playa de Spring Break, consiguen atar a uno de sus amigos a un espantapájaros en un campo de maíz como broma. Accidentalmente el muchacho muere durante la noche despertando el espíritu del Espantapájaros. En ese momento el Espantapájaros comenzará a devolver la broma a sus amigos en un juego incluso más mortal. Uno por uno, los chicos del asesinato del pobre muchacho, caerán bajo el hacha implacable del Espantapajaros vengador...
Raising the subtext of "Fight Club" into text, "Shiner" depicts a pair of amateur boxers gratified by punching each others' lights out. Theirs is among a trio of twisted love stories in the narrative feature by 29-year-old Los Angeles director Christian Calson. There's also a woman literally fighting her male lover's affections and another boxer who stalks his own shy male stalker. "Shiner" transcends sadomasochism in that no one seems aware of what he or she is doing. "I'm trying to look at desire head on," the soft-spoken Calson said by telephone. "('Shiner') is about the politics of wanting and being wanted and how people respond differently." Rife with ugly behavior, "Shiner" rejects the trend of queer filmmakers seeking straight understanding. "In L.A., we have this kind of sadness we carry around, that the only way we can make gay stories is by making more like 'Will and Grace,' " Calson said. Like the activist-filmmakers tackling the marriage issue, Calson went into "...
