Fantasia XXIV Review: Xia Magnus’s SANZARU Gives Gothic Chills
Since the Fantasia Film Festival is starting soon (August 20th to September 2nd, to be exact), we here at Film Combat Syndicate have been lucky enough to get early screening access to some of the movies that will be shown there. As you can read in our teasers of the first wave, second wave, or third wave announcements, there were plenty of films to choose from. One of my choices was the Gothic/horror film by first-time director Xia Magnus’s Sanzaru, and I have to tell you, with this film, Magnus has made me into a fan! Sanzaru focuses on Eveyln, a nurse, who is living with a Texas family while caring for the ailing matriarch. Here is the official synopsis: Evelyn, a young Filipina nurse, is living on an isolated estate while taking care of Dena, the aging matriarch of a Texas family. As Dena slips deeper into dementia, Evelyn […]
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