Salem Horror Fest - Landlocked (No release date)

 Landlocked - Will be part of the Salem Horror Fest virtual festival starting Oct. 22nd. Summoned to his soon-to-be demolished childhood home, Mason discovers a video camera that can see into the past, driving him to record as many memories as possible before the doomed house is destroyed. Summoned to his soon-to-be demolished childhood home, Mason discovers a video camera that can see into the past, driving him to record as many memories as possible before the doomed house is destroyed.

The concept of using an old camcorder to view the past is a very cool idea, I start thinking about some of the time swirling ideas that Aaron Morehead and Justin Benson have been coming up with but here is a much less reality trippy version of that. Director Paul Owens brings us a gently paced rumination on life and the places that capture those memories in this film where he intertwines the story of the family house being torn down with his personal home movies. A shy man he did not have a ton to say at the Q&A but the film is a unique take on our need to process memories and how they connect to the places we live.

I personally am a bit jealous of the idea that someone can have a family home where they spent their entire childhood. My family moved town to town and back never really staying in one place longer than a couple years. I think we all want that stability and connection to the places we have lived and in this film Owens shares a strong connection with his childhood even if the premise is a conceit.