Planet Midnight presents a FREE screening of Swallow

February 23, 2020 Matt Desiderio Events, Movies and TV, Planet Midnight Screenings 0

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Our last Planet Midnight screening was a full house.

Wait you don’t know what Planet Midnight is? We here at Forbidden Planet have teamed up with the fine folks at IFC Midnight to bring you a series of FREE screenings at the IFC Center, so don’t miss out on the next one. Join us on March 4th for Swallow.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swallow-presented-by-planet-midnight-tickets-91328031601

About this Event

Join us for a free screening of SWALLOW as a part of the Planet Midnight screening series!

*Director Carlo Mirabella Davis in person!*

*Door Prizes!*

*Free Popcorn!*

Following the screening, grab a FREE beer at the Half Pint 76 W 3rd (must be 21+)

On the surface, Hunter (Haley Bennett) appears to have it all. A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie (Austin Stowell). However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband’s rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica – a condition that has her compulsively swallowing inedible, and oftentimes life-threatening, objects. A provocative and squirm-inducing psychological thriller, SWALLOW follows one woman’s unraveling as she struggles to reclaim independence in the face of an oppressive system by whatever means possible.

Directed by Carlo Mirabella Davis

About Matt Desiderio 271 Articles

Matt D has been a manager, buyer and event coordinator at Forbidden Planet since 2005 or maybe it was 2006. Who can remember? We didn't even have computers back then. A native New Yorker from the borough of Queens, raised on Sunday Funnies, Monster Movies and Rock N' Roll. What better place to end up than Forbidden Planet where he can use his position to influence the city's pop culture. A responsibility he takes seriously more now than ever due to New York's consistent change for the worse. The last thing NYC needs is another cafe or bank so thank whatever it is you believe in that Forbidden Planet is here to stay. Beyond the walls of FP, Matt is a publicly recognized expert in cult and horror cinema with a focus on VHS. He is the founder of Horror Boobs a collective that books screenings and distributes weirdo films, the producer of the documentary Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS collector, the publisher of the Blood Video zine, and is regrettably responsible for resurrecting the career of schizophrenic Shot-on Video director Carl J Sukenick. E-mail him at Mattdfpnyc@gmail.com Follow him on various social media at @horrorboobs