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| Credits | |
| Title: | In Fabric |
| Genres: | Horror Comedy |
| Directed by: | Peter Strickland |
| Written by: | Peter Strickland |
| Produced by: | Ian Benson; Ben Wheatley; Sunny Vohra; Andrew Boswell; Hilary Davis; Compton Ross; Lizzie Francke; Phil Hunt; Stephen Kelliher; Andy Starke |
| Music by: | Cavern of Anti-Matter |
| Cinematography: | Ari Wegner |
| Edited by: | Mátyás Fekete |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | A24 Rook Films Head Gear Films Metrol Technology |
| Released: | September 13th, 2018 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 118 min. |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
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In Fabric is a British feature film of the horror and comedy genres. It was written and directed by Peter Strickland. It was produced by Rook Films in association with Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology. Additional funding was supplied by the BFI Film Fund and BBC Films. It was distributed through the United States by A24. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 13th, 2018. It premiered in the United States at Fantastic Fest on September 20th.
Wikipedia[]
Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a recently divorced bank teller who lives with her son Vince (Jaygann Ayeh). She is frequently chastised for insignificant work errors by her bosses Stash (Julian Barratt) and Clive (Steve Oram), and intimidated by Vince's new girlfriend Gwen (Gwendoline Christie). She visits department store Dentley and Soper's to buy a dress for a forthcoming date in the sales. After meeting the enigmatic store clerk Miss Luckmoore (Fatma Mohamed), Sheila is drawn to a beautiful, flowing red dress which she tries on. Luckmoore convinces Sheila to purchase it.
Sheila notices a strange rash on her chest after wearing the dress. After putting the dress in the washing machine, the machine breaks down resulting in Sheila injuring her hand in the process of trying to 'subdue' it. Sheila returns to the store to get a new size for the dress only to learn that there is only one version of the dress and that the store model was killed after wearing the dress for the store catalogue. Sheila goes on a date with new suitor Zach (Barry Adamson) while Gwen and Vince have sex. As she climaxes, Gwen is almost killed when the dress floats above her and tries to suffocate her. Sheila and Zach go for a walk together, where Sheila is attacked by a German Shepherd, which cuts her leg and rips the dress in the process. Later that day, Vince returns home with the dress which is somehow now fully repaired. After hearing the dress move about in the wardrobe at night, an unsettled Sheila attempts to return the dress to the store but is refused by Luckmoore. Sheila is then killed in a car accident as she is driving en route to spending the night with Zach.
The dress comes into the possession of washing machine repairman Reg Speaks (Leo Bill) who is made by his friends to wear it on a night out. He is engaged to Babs (Hayley Squires), who takes a liking to the dress and decides to wear it as well. Reg returns home and is hypnotised by the department store's TV advertisement while Babs is at the store shopping. Luckmoore is alarmed to see Babs is wearing the dress and demands she leaves. Meanwhile, Reg dies from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by the dress manipulating the boiler. Babs recounts a dream to Luckmoore involving her being the model for all the dresses in the catalogue but getting thinner and thinner as the dresses got larger and larger. She was then buried in the store by the workers. Babs goes to try on a dress while a fight soon breaks out in the store that quickly spirals into looting.
The dress catches fire and the flames spread quickly around the store. Babs burns to death, unable to escape her changing room, while Luckmoore flees down into the dumbwaiter with a dismembered mannequin. As she descends deeper into the store, she sees the dead store model, Sheila, Reg, and Babs stitching together the dress from threads made of their blood; there are also several unattended sewing stations. A fireman observes the destroyed store and discovers the dress undamaged amongst the rubble.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sidse Babett Knudsen | Jill |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Sheila |
| Julian Barratt | Stash |
| Steve Oram | Clive |
| Jaygann Ayeh | Vince |
| Zsolt Páll | Lonely heart on horseback |
| Richard Bremmer | Mister Lundy |
| Deborah Griffin | Miss Kolliston |
| Fatma Mohamed | Miss Luckmoore |
| Susanna Cappellaro | Miss Lullworth |
| Catherine Backhouse | Miss Brimblecombes |
| Gwendoline Christie | Gwen |
| Pano Masti | Vlassis the waiter |
| Anthony Adjekum | Adonis |
| Antonio Mancino | Sandro the waiter |
| Gabriel Nwonu | Lonely Heart |
| Ed Dowie | Lonely Heart |
| Barry Adamson | Zach |
| Guido Adorni | Zinzan's jockey |
| Adam Bohman | Pitcroft |
| Ashley Foster | Dog walker |
| Anti | Darren |
| Eugenia Caruso | Charity Shop shopper |
| Kim Benson | Charity Shop shopper |
| Linda Turner | Charity Shop shopper |
| Justin Turner | Charity Shop Goth |
| Gavin Brocker | Clipper |
| Leo Bill | Reg Speaks |
| Terry Bird | Bananas Brian |
| Simon Manyonda | Neal the Deal |
| Karl Farrer | Ribs |
| Jonathan Chamberlain | Skidsy |
| Hayley Squires | Babs |
| Derek Barr | Gary the mechanic |
| Graham Martin | Cottrell |
| Caroline Catz | Pam |
| Sara Dee | Cinnamon Bra customer |
| Edward Tomlin | TV gardener |
| Donna C. Williams | Asphodal Blouse customer |
| Sarah Collinge | Catalogue model |
| Louise Freeman | Catalogue model |
| Bernadett Grega | Catalogue model |
| Felicity Hickson | Catalogue model |
| Gina Keaney | Catalogue model |
| Emily Bell | Ladies' Boutique chorus |
| Kate Brown | Ladies' Boutique chorus |
| Wendy Cooper | Ladies' Boutique chorus |
| Ingrid Evans | Ladies' Boutique chorus |
| Leila Hoffman | Ladies' Boutique chorus |
| Maggie Robson | Ladies' Boutique chorus |
| Andy Starke | Football scores |