The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (The Film) (2024)
The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (The Film) is a 2024 indie horror film written by Adelaides charismatic punk-pop duo Teenage Joans to accompany their debut album of the same name. Directed and edited by Jamie Al-Kayyali, the short film is a colourful debut from both Al-Kayyali and the band. The film follows Cahli and Tahlia of Teenage Joans (as themselves) on a magical yet leery journey through Rotland. After becoming acquainted with the Easter Bunny (played by Cahli Blakers) and Tooth Fairy (played by Tahlia Borg), the bewitching pair discover the lands forbidden fruits, the candy apples, and the hidden secrets that they hold.
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Thanks for the memories!
Powerful
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.