“Shadows Choose Their Horrors” is the dark and melodic diary of a necromancer, as she lives her secret life between the world of mortals and the realm of lost souls. The film, shot silent with intermittent inter-titles, tells the story of dark and sinister forces as they move through the life of Madame G (Winsome Brown). Madame G tries to bond with her favorite undead, using magic and ritual to give them life and pleasure, but a devastating outcome drives her to do the unthinkable. Finally, Madame’s struggle to overcome the loneliness of evil brings her out, into the light, where a new beginning finds her. The film was inspired by the un-staged Aaron Copland ballet “Grohg” and early silent horror films.
Shadows Choose Their Horrors
- Film Maker
- Reeves, Jennifer
- Year
- 2005
- Country
- U.S.A.
- Language
- Format
- 16mm
- Length
- 31
- Genre
- experimental, narrative
- Category
- dance, film studies, Sound Art + Music, Work about Women, Work by Women

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