2025 / 86 min / USA / Dark Comedy, Horror
Directed by Stephen King Simmons
Cast: Danny James, Emily Ashby, Bastain Jesus Carrasco Betemps
Saturday, September 20th at 9:00PM
The Screening Room – 127 E. Congress St.
Flashback to 1997. LEAD BELLY is a coming of age horror film about two younger brothers visiting their recently divorced and estranged father during summer vacation. With plenty of bumps, twists and terrifying turns along the way. LEAD BELLY will keep the audience guessing until the final frame and leave them shattered.
“The message hiding within Lead Belly is brutal, and an unexpected series of rug pulls distort everything, leaving the audience wracked with a burning sadness.” – The Hollywood New
“For in this jagged, piecemeal narrative whose different parts slowly come together like a jigsaw puzzle to show a bigger picture – indeed, a (broken) family portrait – everything will ultimately make an awful sense” – Anton Bitel, Projected Figures
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