Kate Siegel is well known to horror fans for her string of dynamic performances in the horror genre, where she often collaborates with her husband and creative partner Mike Flanagan. Their shared projects include (deep breath) Eyeballs, Shhh (co-written by Siegel), Ouija Board: The Origin of Eviland Gerrard’s gameand the Netflix series Hill House is Haunted, The Haunting of Bly Manor, midnight massand The Fall of the House of Usher. You can now add V/H/S/Beyond Coming to this list – the roles are a bit reversed, as Flanagan wrote the film and Segal directed it, making her debut behind the camera.
their V/H/S/Beyond The title of the clip is “Stowaway”; it is the last entry in the film besides the end of the frame story. An unsettling blend of first-contact wonder and body horror, the film follows clumsy but determined Harley (Alanna Pierce) as she wanders an isolated area in California’s Mojave Desert with only one thought. To capture evidence of UFO activity in the area. We won’t spoil the direction of her journey, but over the course of its hauntingly terrifying climax, “Stowaway” creates a nuanced portrait of someone clearly shaken by recent trauma in her life, She hopes to find some new purpose in life.
Siegel told Variety that she would jump at the chance to expand on Harley’s story: “I would love to make it a feature. There’s a long-form story in there that I’d love to tell.
There is precedent for this too; two feature films have been made so far that expanded on their content vertical/vertical/vertical Origin: 2016 sirentaken from “Amateur Night” in 2012 vertical/vertical/verticaland 2022 kids and aliensexcerpted from 2013’s “Slumber Party Alien Abduction” vertical/vertical/vertical/2.
Although she sounds like she had a lot of fun making Stowaway, saying “I find it very exciting to tell stories in a new way,” Seagal isn’t giving up her acting career to direct full-time. “I’m not giving up acting — I’m just more picky now because I have things I want to do that require my full attention,” she told Insider. “Whether it’s as a director, producer or actor, I answer the call for great stories.”
As for working with Flanagan, aside from the fact that they were married, she was drawn to his “honesty and respect,” even when he told her things she might not want to hear (and vice versa): “He would Give me the constructive criticism I need, or I’ll give him the criticism he needs… When you have a million choices to make, what comes out is the most honest and direct.
You can stream V/H/S/Beyond Trembling now.
Want more io9 news? Check out the latest release dates for Marvel, Star Wars and Star Wars, what’s next for DC Universe movies and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
