Horror Fans, Rejoice: FilmQuest Breakout ‘The Crawling’ Is the Gutsy Alien Freakout of Your Dreams
Christian Everhard’s horror film *The Crawling* premiered at FilmQuest in Provo, Utah, on 23 October. It follows a couple on a remote holiday who encounter an alien, using the threat to explore how their strained relationship and expectations of masculinity unravel.
Will Brittain plays Mike, a police officer suspended for assault, who feels blamed for the couple’s difficulties conceiving and whose account of the encounter is doubted by his wife Emma, played by Katherine Hughes. The film pairs alien and body horror effects by Steve Wang and Cleve Gunderman with performances that reveal darker sides of both characters; Everhard says he wanted viewers to move from disliking Mike to understanding and caring about him.
In short
- *The Crawling* premiered at FilmQuest on 23 October.
- An alien encounter intensifies a couple’s existing strain.
- The film explores masculinity, control and trust.
Explained simply
FilmQuest is an independent film festival held in Provo, Utah, where filmmakers show films outside the major studio system. The Crawling is a horror film by Christian Everhard about Mike and Emma, a couple on a remote holiday who encounter an alien.
Mike, played by Will Brittain, is a police officer suspended after an assault. He and Emma, played by Katherine Hughes, are struggling to conceive, and the film explores how they respond to that strain and to Mike’s account of what happened. Its horror elements include alien and body effects by Steve Wang and Cleve Gunderman.
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