‘Slash/Back’ Director Talks The Practical Effects In Her Creature Feature [Watch]
Director Nyla Innuksuk is working to decolonize the horror genre, which is proudly on display in her new film Slash/Back. She takes inspiration from male-dominated films such as The Thing, and put her look at extraterrestrial monsters in the context of an Inuit coming-of-age horror. All the actors are Inuk, and for many of them, it’s their first time acting. But Innuksuk was ready to go on this journey with them, one that was both enlightening and challenging.
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Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a sleepy hamlet nestled in the majestic mountains of Baffin Island in the Arctic Ocean, Slash/Back opens as the village wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives but, using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t f*** with the girls from Pang.
Dread Central spoke with Innuksuk about the girls from Pang, Indigenous storytelling, and the beauty of practical effects. We also delve into how much of the cast and crew dug into their own relationships with Indigenity as they made the film.
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Slash/Back is out now on digital and VOD.
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