In Fabric

Wisconsin Premiere • narrative • UK • 2018 • DCP • 118 MIN

section: New International Cinema

A lonely woman (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), recently separated from her husband, visits a bewitching London department store in search of a dress that will transform her life. She's fitted with a perfectly flattering, artery-red gown—which, in time, will come to unleash a malevolent curse and unstoppable evil, threatening everyone who comes into its path. From acclaimed horror director Peter Strickland (the singular auteur behind the sumptuous sadomasochistic romance The Duke of Burgundy and WFF 2013's auditory giallo-homage Berberian Sound Studio) comes a truly nightmarish film, at turns frightening, seductive, and darkly humorous. Channeling voyeuristic fantasies of high fashion and bloodshed, In Fabric is Strickland's most twisted and brilliantly original vision yet. "Sidesplittingly funny. Deeply delicious in sumptuous form and sly humor" (The Playlist). "Wonderfully weird. A movie of ravishing colors and textures that ultimately elevates style and sensuality into something genuinely meaningful" (Los Angeles Times). 2018 Toronto International and Fantastic Film Festivals.