Easily one of the most haunting and unnerving films of the year...
Roh is a near masterclass of tension and quiet horror"
-- Carson Timar, Buttered Popcorn
"It’s brilliantly executed, well-crafted… it’ll probably end up as one of the
top ten films of the year…Roh did what it set out to do: unnerve me.”
-- Johanan Prime, Movie Dash
"Emir’s lean and skillfully constructed aesthetics keeps us hooked. Emir evokes a sense of existential dread with which we can easily connect in these crisis-ridden times. Roh...sustains an atmosphere of trepidation till the end."
-- Arun Kumar, High On Films
FEAR THE FOREST…
CUT OFF FROM CIVILIZATION, A YOUNG FAMILY’S
LIFE IS UPENDED BY THE SUPERNATURAL IN AN
EERILY ATMOSPHERIC FOLK HORROR TALE, MALAYSIA’S OFFICIAL ENTRY FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
ROH
Roh is a near masterclass of tension and quiet horror"
-- Carson Timar, Buttered Popcorn
"It’s brilliantly executed, well-crafted… it’ll probably end up as one of the
top ten films of the year…Roh did what it set out to do: unnerve me.”
-- Johanan Prime, Movie Dash
"Emir’s lean and skillfully constructed aesthetics keeps us hooked. Emir evokes a sense of existential dread with which we can easily connect in these crisis-ridden times. Roh...sustains an atmosphere of trepidation till the end."
-- Arun Kumar, High On Films
FEAR THE FOREST…
CUT OFF FROM CIVILIZATION, A YOUNG FAMILY’S
LIFE IS UPENDED BY THE SUPERNATURAL IN AN
EERILY ATMOSPHERIC FOLK HORROR TALE, MALAYSIA’S OFFICIAL ENTRY FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
ROH
Street Date: December 21, 2021
DVD/Digital: $24.95
The DVD of This Official Selection at the New York Asian Film Festival
Includes the Bonus Featurette "The Making of Roh"
SYNOPSIS
Cut off from civilization, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a strange young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters and after spending the night she delivers an ominous prophecy: the family will all soon die. As strangers begin to show up on her doorstep, and terrible events crop up around them, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest. This eerily atmospheric folk horror tale marks the stunning directorial debut of seasoned visual effects artist, Emir Ezwan. From the ominous lighting, off-kilter tone, isolated locations and strange goings on, ROH is a visceral, spine-tingling revelation.
BONUS FEATURE
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 83 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audio: 5.1 Surround/2.0 Stereo
Language: Malay with English Subtitles
DVD/Digital: $24.95
The DVD of This Official Selection at the New York Asian Film Festival
Includes the Bonus Featurette "The Making of Roh"
SYNOPSIS
Cut off from civilization, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a strange young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters and after spending the night she delivers an ominous prophecy: the family will all soon die. As strangers begin to show up on her doorstep, and terrible events crop up around them, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest. This eerily atmospheric folk horror tale marks the stunning directorial debut of seasoned visual effects artist, Emir Ezwan. From the ominous lighting, off-kilter tone, isolated locations and strange goings on, ROH is a visceral, spine-tingling revelation.
BONUS FEATURE
- The Making of ROH Featurette
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 83 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audio: 5.1 Surround/2.0 Stereo
Language: Malay with English Subtitles
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Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide including the Oscar-nominated films Theeb (2016) and Corpus Christi (2020). Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci, Ettore Scola and Luchino Visconti. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
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