Synopsis
A killer dress.
A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Directed by Peter Strickland
A haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Το Στοιχειωμένο Ύφασμα, 霓裳鬼影, 夺命霓, Na Fábrica, Das blutrote Kleid, In Fabric: vistiendo la muerte, Маленькое красное платье, Маленька червона сукня, 奪命霓裳, В плат, Takové krásné šaty, 织物, Vestido Maldito, Také krásne šaty, 인 패브릭: 레드 드레스, In Fabric: Vistiendo la muerte, Krwawa sukienka, ファブリック, Rochia bântuită
"The hesitation in your voice...soon to be an echo in the recesses of the spheres of retail."
Phantom thread.
Part of the Rupture series at VIFF (Vancouver Intl. Film Centre).
Marianne Jean-Baptiste is so strong in the film and really carries it.
Peter Strickland wears his influences on his sleeve and he wears them well. I found his newest giallo inspired feature to be totally engaging from beginning to end. Memorable sequences and shots... and very jarring (in a good way) editing. I wish he'd go back to film (Berberian Sound Studio was partially shot on 16mm and looks fantastic) especially because his films have a retro vibe and the digital images can take you out.
Watched at Vancouver Film Centre.
Good news for those who are (or will be) disappointed that Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” riff is a rebuke to the florid stylings of Dario Argento’s original: “The Duke of Burgundy” writer-director Peter Strickland is back with another mordantly funny and unapologetically fetishistic homage to vintage Euro-horror, and there’s no disguising its dark lineage. Unfolding like the giallo remake of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” that you never knew you always wanted, “In Fabric” tells the bloody story of a department store in Southern England, and the cursed red dress that fits perfectly on the women who have the misfortune of wearing it.
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Washing machine repairman mantras, department store occultism, fetishism and nostalgia for eccentricity all coalesce in Peter Strickland's latest film, ostensibly a supernatural chiller about a haunted dress. The Italian horror vibe is strong, established in the opening credits with the distinctly 70s font and washed out colours. The film is set in the early 90s, but feels older - late 70s or early 80s possibly, though it's deliberately ambiguous. Despite the Eurohorror stylings though, it's still a very British affair. In the Q&A after the film, Strickland said his biggest influence wasn't giallo but a department store called Jacksons, in his hometown of Reading. I don't know it personally but I can well imagine - I grew up frequenting these…