"A New Life" - Discussing starting afresh in film.

Please read the whole description, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Welcome back to this new Oxford film discusión group - What We Watch In The Shadows!

This month's theme is "A New Life". What might be created when species meet? And will that new life look like?

This month's films are:

---- FIRST FEATURE ----
Title - Lamb (2021) Dir: Valdimar Jóhannsson
Synopsis - An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own.
Runtime - 106 mins
Availability
Stream - Mubi
Rent - Apple TV, Sky, Amazon
Intensity Rating - 💀💀💀
Content Warnings - Does the Dog Die?

---- INTERMISSION ----
Title - Hybrids (2017) Dir: Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
Synopsis - When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change.
Runtime - 6 mins
Availability
Stream - YouTube
Intensity Rating - 💀💀

Title - Monitor (2026) Dir: Michael Berardini
Synopsis - A couple settles down for the night, unaware of the who else is in the house.
Runtime - 3 mins
Availability
Stream - YouTube
Intensity Rating - 💀💀

---- SECOND FEATURE ----
Title - The Thing (1982) Dir: John Carpenter
Synopsis - A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Runtime - 109 mins
Availability
Stream - Mubi, Amazon
Rent - YouTube, Apple TV, Sky, Amazon
Intensity Rating - 💀💀💀💀
Content Warnings - Does the Dog Die?

Watch the films at your leisure, then come to together to discuss them. Please try to watch both feature films before attending as we will discuss them in together and in contrast to each other. And we will likely be spoiling both of them! The short films are just a little palette cleanser, we will talk about them as well though if enough people watch them.

The links above to the 'Does The Dog Die' listing for these films will give you a comprehensive list of trigger warnings, should you need them. The shorts don't have entries, but you can message me for details.

The intensity ratings are just my opinion, meant only to give a you a rough idea about the films. If you want to know more please visit Does The Dog Die, or DM me for specific details.