"Irish low-budget maverick Damian McCarthy scales up with a folk-tinged rental house horror that provokes chills through its trailer alone. This releases via Neon just two and a half weeks after its SXSW debut, but festivalgoers would be wise to get in on the ground floor here."
"Over Your Dead Body features a couple (Jason Segel and Samara Weaving) whose relationship has curdled to the point where a remote cabin vacation harbors mutual plots to murder the other. Weaving also returns in Radio Silence's Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, which picks up where her bloodied bride character left off in the gonzo first installment from 2019."
"I Love Boosters, Boots Riley's follow-up to Sorry to Bother You (2018), features a synopsis: 'A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It's like community service.' As with Riley's previous film, the means of production threaten to be seized here, and star Keke Palmer feels perfectly tuned into the rapper-turned-filmmaker's absurdist funny bone."
Back to Selection is providing coverage of the 40th SXSW festival in Austin, featuring 119 feature films with a notable emphasis on genre cinema. Key premieres include Damian McCarthy's folk-horror film releasing via Neon, Jorma Taccone's directorial debut Over Your Dead Body starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving as a couple plotting mutual murder, and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come continuing Weaving's character. Additional highlights include Boots Riley's I Love Boosters about professional shoplifters targeting a fashion executive, and Chandler Levack's Montreal music scene film. The festival showcases both anticipated world premieres and lesser-known gems across multiple genres.
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