Finally, production designer Jarrett Siddall got a chance to play the ghastly fairy that serves as the film’s antagonist.Īlana Helmer’s performance as the mom is wonderfully heartfelt. Peter Higginson portrays a nosy and mysterious old man who lives in the woods nearby. Her son, a toddler, is played by Bowen Harding.
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Latched headlines with Alana Helmer here, she plays the role of an enthusiastic professional dancer and single mother. It does so and while it’s feeding, she drives a spike into the fairy’s skull, killing it. At long last, the mother tricks the fairy by undoing her blouse and beckoning the fairy to come over to her and breastfeed. The strange, nosy neighbor appears –having heard the screaming- and shoots at the fairy, scaring it off briefly before being killed. The mother manages to rescue Bowen but is, in turn, backed into a corner.
The fairy, however, manages to whisk Bowen away into the dark woods. The mother takes up her son and runs for the dock outside. One night, the fairy wakes them up in the middle of the night having broken into the house. The fairy begins to steal the milk from Bowen and from the fridge. The fairy reawakens and begins to stalk the mother for her milk. The husk is thrown away without a second thought- that is, until a bag of breastmilk gets knocked over and spills into the trash can. The neighbor inspects the corpse and deems it to be a bat. Initially, the creature is a dead, dried up husk. Yep, you read that right we’ll get into that later, though. During this montage, we are introduced to the monster of this film- a ghastly fairy whom Helmer’s character discovers and later revives inadvertently via spilling her breast milk on it. What follows is a beautifully shot montage sequence wherein Helmer’s character rehearses in the woods. The neighbor proves to be quirky and mysterious. Her neighbor comes over to check on her and play with her son, Bowen. Helmer’s character recently landed a life changing choreography gig and she feels as though the locale better facilitates her creative endeavors. Thus, Latched follows, hot on the heels of Kookie’s well earned success.īefore we continue, a short synopsis of the film:Ī single mother drives out with her young son to a shore house outside of the city. Since its release, Kookie has received a slew of awards from various Canadian and American film festivals such as the Canadian Feedback Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, The Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival, The Atlanta Horror Film Festival, etc. The film, as we’ll see, has several important points of overlap with Bokeh’s 2017 short film, Latched.
The Bokeh Collective has already made noteworthy inroads with its 2016 short film, Kookie. It’s interesting to see Brunner and Harding depart from their television roots and branch out into horror shorts.
The Bokeh Collective is their brain child- Brunner and Harding both listed as co-founders. Brunner, likewise, has worked on The Amazing Race Canada, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan and Top Chef Canada. Harding’s Demo Reel emphasizes his experience working on reality and documentary television. Directors Rob Brunner and Justin Harding each got their start as television directors.
Latched was produced under the auspices of Bokeh Collective and Ginger Cat Studios. Again, I will reiterate, this review has spoilers. With that out of the way, let’s talk about Latched in depth. Latched is a worthwhile short film, and I hope you watch it.
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I can only promise that this article will be spoiler free up until the end of the next sentence, so let me say this: Debuting this week at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, Latched hopes to make an impression on the well populated independent horror genre.
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