THREE WAYS TO DINE WELL (2022)
(Digital/21mins/Colour+B&W/UK)
This essay film explores horror's relationship to eating, in over seventy horror films made by women, from the 1920s - 2020s.
The first draft was screened at the BAFTSS Conference in April 2021. It then played on the festival circuit for 18 months, before being revised for academic publication.
The final version was published in English and Spanish in Tecmerin: Journal of Audiovisual Essays in December 2022.
Screenings include: CRASH - Mostra Internacional de Cinema Fantástico, Brazil; Nightmares Film Festival, USA; SLASH TV, Slash FilmFestival, Austria; Africa International Horror Film Festival, Nigeria; Horrigins Film Festival, USA; BangkokThai International Film Festival, Thailand; Dead Northern Film Festival, UK; Austin After Dark Film Festival, USA; GALACTICAT: Mostra de Cinema Fantàstic i de Terror de Ponent, Spain; SpookScreen, Ireland; Ax Wound Film Festival, USA; Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, Germany; Haunted House Fear Fest, UK; Lit Scares International Horror Festival, UK; Chattanooga Film Festival, USA; Department of Cinema & Media Arts, York University, Canada; BAFTSS Annual Conference, University of Southampton, UK; Department of Music, Theatre & Film, Saint Joseph's University, USA, Wench Film Festival, India.
Soundtrack available to download on bandcamp
CREDITS
Written, Directed & Narrated by Alison Peirse
Edited by Chris Peirse
Original Soundtrack by _HEAVYLEG
Re-Recording Mixing by John Moore
Artwork by Sophie Mo
Graphic Design by The Archipelago