RE-HOME
Teaser, Reviews & Screenings
"Re-Home is something akin to a modern equivalent of a Grimm Brothers fairytale, existing in a world recognisable as like our own but also different enough for its events to not seem out of place. It’s a prescient cautionary tale, warning that isolationist bigotry threatening to define and fragment people along overly simplified lines has no positive end result for anyone." — Andrew Marshall, Starburst Magazine
“This idea of allies is what really sells the dark story being told here. While I can’t possibly understand the horrors that Latinx people deal with on a daily basis, I can relate to the fear in the loaded word, ‘ally.’ As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, we are forced to rely on allies to help us in the same way any minority group has to. It’s a quixotic concept and one you sometimes have to take at face value because you have no other options. The implicit fear in that term, particularly around strangers, is deftly examined in Re-Home. Izzy utilizes the idea of allies in the same way that Get Out mined it with the phrase, ‘I would have voted for Obama for a third term, if I could.’
With allies like this, who needs enemies?” — Terry, Gayly Dreadful
“Lee does a great job of implying all the chaos happening in the world outside the opulent home that functions as the short’s only set. World building is tricky ground for any artist--show too much and you’re just distracting people, show too little, and your story doesn’t land--but Lee navigates it nicely by using just the right amount of dread-soaked dialogue to set the tone and let viewers in. Lee’s writing is sharp, clear, and realistic—all assets when writing good dialogue, especially dialogue that has to pull double duty as quick-sketch exposition.
The A.V. Club named Izzy Lee one of the film makers Blumhouse should hire and I couldn’t agree more. These two newest shorts making the festival circuit show a filmmaker who’s ready to push past the boundaries of short films, a medium she’s spent years exploring and perfecting.”
— Pennie Sublime, CineDump
“Izzy continues to dazzle and impress with every new project, and Re-Home is absolutely no exception.” — Matthew Solomon, Pop Horror
Provocative, prolific horror filmmaker Izzy Lee imagines what might happen in the near future should a certain wall be built on the border between the United States and Mexico in her latest short shocker, Re-Home. Lee is no stranger to creating fright fare with a sociopolitical vibe, and this, her latest offering, continues that trend… Lee’s dialogue reflects the prejudices that marginalized people face, and the hurtful words that can fly freely from smiling lips. She builds up the tension marvelously, and then lets loose with a disturbing climax… The horrors of Re-Home are twofold. The victimization of the less fortunate by those who take advantage of their situations is on display, and the more surface-level frights go for a classic macabre and unsettling approach. Re-Home isn’t an easy short to forget — but then, Lee certainly didn’t mean it to be.” — Joseph Perry, Gruesome Magazine
RE-HOME SCREENINGS
Synopsis: In the near future, the U.S.-Mexico border wall has been completed and the high cost of living has skyrocketed. As a result, loved ones are re-homed like pets.
Credits:
Written, Produced & Directed by Izzy Lee
Executive Producer: Steve Johanson
Starring: Gigi Saul Guerrero, Morgan Peter Brown, Kasey Lansdale
Additional Cast: Scarlet Rodriguez, Steve Johanson
Cinematography: Sophia Cacciola
Editor: Bryan McKay
Score: Shayne Gryn
Special FX Make-up: Unique Chung
Sound Mixer/Boom Op/Gaffer: Michael J. Epstein
Re-recording Mix: Michael J. Epstein & Bryan McKay
Key Grip: Tyler Sage
Title Card & Poster Art: Bryan McKay
Translation: Shadan Saul Guerrero
Thank you: Raynor Shima, Tiffany & Miguel Rodriguez, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Dede Crimmins, Paddy Murphy
World Premiere
Portland Film Festival
Portland, OR
June 8, 2019
Cinepocalypse
Chicago, IL
June 19, 2019
Plays with Blumhouse/Hulu's Culture Shock
Snake Alley Festival of Film
Burlington, IA
June 20, 2019
Plays in the WTF Block
Fantasia
Montreal, Canada
July 25, 2019
Plays with Blumhouse/Hulu's Culture Shock
International Premiere
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
Santa Ana, CA
August 31, 2019
GenreBlast Film Festival
Winchester, VA
August 31, 2019
FilmQuest
Provo, UT
September 14, 2019
Shawna Shea Film Festival
Southbridge, MA
October 4, 2019
Salem Horror Fest
Salem, MA
October 5, 2019
Plays in Wicked Shorts (Peabody Essex Museum)
BUFF-O-Ween
Somerville, MA
October 19, 2019
Plays with Blood on Her Name
Idaho Horror Film Festival
Boise, ID
October 18, 2019
Kickoff Block
Nightmares Film Festival
Columbus, OH
October 27, 2019
Recurring Nightmares B
Saskatoon Film Festival
Saskatoon, Canada
November 21, 2019
SHE: Female-Focused Short Films Block
Little Terrors
Toronto, Canada
December 7, 2019
Etheria World Tour 2019
Various TBA
Final Girls Berlin
Berlin, Germany
February 7, 2020
European Premiere
LockDownCon
virtual
June 26, 2020
Outer Dark Symposium
virtual
August 14, 2020
Bonebat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival
Seattle, WA/virtual
October 11, 2020
Shorts block 1
GrimmFest Halloween Horror Nights
virtual
October 30-31, 2020
Final Girls Berlin Best of 2020
2020 TBA