Skinfolk

Synopsis

Nightmares have become dangerous in Rebekah’s room. Her sleep has become erradic and haunting enough for her to document her sleep and present the results as an extra credit assignment. Her findings were bigger than an A+.

Skinfolk is a story inspired by African American Folklore about sleep paralysis personified as a boo hag; a woman cursed to haunt the sleep of others in order to possess them and eventually take their flesh. The boo hag’s folklore motivation is greed, mischief, and her unworthiness of entering heaven. Skinfolk takes philosophical liberties about the hag character, her motivations, and what it means to be sent back to earth after dying.

Rebekah and Jazmine are both experiencing nightmares that feel real, but they are able to wake up from them none-the-less. After capturing their experiences on camera, they’re able to alert their roommates that there is a supernatural event happening in their apartment and something must be done about it. This horror movie does more than scare, it haunts and challenges beliefs and thoughts on goodness, self-respect, and how to deal with trauma that haunts and informs our choices in life.

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