Bathrooms and horror films always seem to make good bedfellows. Saw is perhaps the best known scary film to be set within the confines of this location, but there’s a new challenger to the throne – Glorious.
In Glorious, Ryan Kwanten (True Blood, Kindred) plays a young man who is spiralling out of control after a bad breakup. His situation worsens after he finds himself locked inside a rest stop bathroom with a mysterious figure played by Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Being the Ricardos) speaking to him from an adjacent stall. As he tries to escape, he realises he is an unwilling player in a situation bigger and more terrible than he could have imagined.
Directed by Rebekah McKendry, Glorious arrives onto Shudder from Thursday 18th August. THN reviewed the film during its premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival. In our review we described Glorious as having plenty to offer genre fans. Our review continues by stating that Glorious is a comedic trauma seeped in flourishes of celestial colour. These are words that we stay by as this nifty blend of comedy, philosophy, horror, and gore is definitely worth checking out.
Director Rebekah McKendry has been making movies for a number of years. Prior to Glorious, McKendry has directed both Psycho Granny and All the Creatures Were Stirring. As with Glorious, both films are a mix of horror and humour, and McKendry is quickly developing a name for movies that are funny and frightening. In the lead up to the Shudder release, THN was given the opportunity to speak with McKendry. Conversing through the medium of Zoom, our discussion went through a variety of aspects of the filmmaking process from script to screen. Find out more in the video interview below:
Glorious arrives on Shudder from Thursday 18th August 2022.
