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IT LIVES INSIDE MOVIE REVIEW
Overy 30 years ago a very ignorant and self assured TV dad once said “The code of the schoolyard… Don’t tattle. Always make fun of those different from you. Never say anything, unless you’re sure everyone feels exactly the same way you do. What else…” and to this day those words unfortunately live on from the monkey bars to the lockered halls of adolescence. Directed and written by Bishal Dutta and co-written by Ashish Mehta, It Lives Inside is a story of second generation immigrants struggling with cultural identity in the middle of an ancient creature feature tied to the stories of their ancestors. Samidha (Megan Suri) is a pretty popular Hindu high school student who tolerates her popular in-crowd friends. Her childhood friend Tamira (Mohana Krishnan) moves through the halls whispering to a glass jar and is completely shut off from her classes and colleagues. A teacher named Joyce (Betty Gabriel) seeing all the red flags of depression within Tamira askes Samidha to talk to her, since they used to be the best of friends. Tamira tries to confide in Samidha but Samidha is not having her rantings about monsters from Hindu fairy tales. This aggressive rejection of a friend in need results in an invisible monster with a hunger for sorrow. Bradly, Jordan, and Melina discuss the horror genre as an elevated platform for stories from different perspectives, in this case, Hindu culture and teenagers. They debate what’s more spooky, the Jaws approach or the front and center loud and in your face method.
DIRECTED BY: Bishal Dutta
STARRING: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel, Vik Sahay, Gage Marsh, Jenaya Ross
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.
Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)
Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
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