Run It Back continues this fall with a free screening of Closet Monster (2015) on Thanksgiving! Bring your chosen family and spend the evening at the movies with us on October 13 at Paradise Theatre.
Watch the trailer for Closet Monster on YouTube
Closet Monster is a distinctively offbeat and emotionally striking coming of age story about a creative teenager desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
When Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) was a child, he witnessed a brutal gay bashing. The subsequent trauma, coupled with his parents’ divorce soon after, left him deeply scarred. Ten years later, Oscar is a sexually confused high school student and aspiring special effects makeup artist living with his bitter, alcoholic father. As he struggles with his budding sexuality, Oscar is haunted by nightmares of the attack he witnessed. He relies on his best friend Gemma for support and receives sage advice from his pet hamster Buffy (voiced by the wonderfully eccentric Isabella Rossellini). His world is thrown into further disarray when he becomes infatuated with Wilder, a charismatic and sexually ambiguous coworker at the hardware store.
Winner of Best Canadian Film at the 2016 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Stephen Dunn’s debut feature deftly balances elements of fantasy and drama with sharp humour. Closet Monster is a fresh, imaginative take on the traditional coming of age story and marked the arrival of a bold new directorial talent on the Canadian film scene.
Join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of one of Canada’s most memorable queer films!