Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Indie Showcase: Did You See That? (2019)

The domain of horror, science fiction, and fantasy is something that had its golden age in the 1970s and 1980s with an array of amazing an amazingly bad movies. This naturally includes the weird and wonderful exploitation films that managed to influence entire generations of filmmakers and film fans. Did You See That? is a movie that has a strong sense of the very same sensibility. Here's how it describes its plot:

With the blood of her loved ones on her hands, Chaka, a young witch-in-training must team up with the Guardian Lamar (Powerman MC, Crossbones and Welfare to Millionaire) to stop a demonic entity, Thaddeus Ayromlooi (Dragon Dronet, Alien Resurrection) from mutilating the rest of her friends. Their only hope is the Riazza Themsla, a forbidden book of spells that released Thaddeus into their world in the first place. Time begins to run out as his tactics become more unpredictable, leading Chaka and her friends into doubting what is reality and what is an illusion.

If you check out the trailer and the description, you can see a lot of things all fans of B-horror films enjoy immensely. These start with a complex story reaching back centuries (demons, cursed books, witches-in-training - it’s all here) to the characteristic overacting and the mandatory Mature rating. Thanks to all of this, Did You See That? seems to be made out of the right stuff. Of course, there’s a lot of other great elements as well, but these will be clearly visible to the die-hard fans of this low-fi horror approach.

But, what is even more impressive is the fact that the movie is being adapted to a novel by Lawrence Gibbs. Further down the line, the authors see the film becoming a video game, which would be more than cool. If you’re a horror, sci-fi and fantasy fan, you need to check out Did You See That? Right now on its official website or its Vimeo page where you can watch it right now!