Spookers
Documentary from New Zealand filmmaker Florian Habicht (Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets) on the most successful haunted attraction in the Southern Hemisphere, Auckland's Spookers. Self-taught performers share their lives behind the makeup in revealing interviews alongside surreal dream sequences.
- Director:
- Florian Habicht ('Kaikohe Demolition', 'Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets')
- Writer:
- Veronica GleesonFlorian HabichtPeter O'Donoghue
- Cast:
- Jacob GrahamJuneen BorkentDavid PaluOrlando KovatiClaudia AionoAndy WatsonHuia ApiataJulia Tukiri
Reviews & comments
New Zealand Herald
pressIt's unusual both in terms of storytelling and aesthetics, but it works well within the realm of the weird and wonderful world that is Spookers.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThere’s only so much excitement to be garnered from watching the performers endlessly cavort in maniacal fashion, and the dramatic recreations of their nightmares proves as interesting as, well, listening to other people talk about their nightmares.
This was different to what I was expecting, and I enjoyed that. Again I'm in agreement with the official Flicks review - what's great about this doco are all the little vignettes interspersed into the traditional documentary narrative. The 'talent' who spend their nights at Spookers scaring everyone to death do various scenes outside the confines of the...
New Zealand Herald
pressIt's unusual both in terms of storytelling and aesthetics, but it works well within the realm of the weird and wonderful world that is Spookers.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThere’s only so much excitement to be garnered from watching the performers endlessly cavort in maniacal fashion, and the dramatic recreations of their nightmares proves as interesting as, well, listening to other people talk about their nightmares.
This was different to what I was expecting, and I enjoyed that. Again I'm in agreement with the official Flicks review - what's great about this doco are all the little vignettes interspersed into the traditional documentary narrative. The 'talent' who spend their nights at Spookers scaring everyone to death do various scenes outside the confines of the...
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