
Silver Bullet
1985

1 votes
Village men are disappearing. What does the local "witch" know, and what spells might she be casting?
Director
Mahmuda Sultana RimaWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
Bengali
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies

Screened for Final Girls Berlin Film Festival. Short films exist to provide a micro dose of horror and often act as a proof of concept for a larger project. Bangladeshi director Mahmuda Sultana Rima delivers an absolute powerhouse of folk horror in the form of Lok. We open to a lynch mob of men complete with burning torches, banging at the door of a woman's home. They're hunting a witch and when one cannot be found, a member of the group accuses her of hiding their intended victim and threatens to cause her harm. As the old saying goes, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Lok…
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