The news of new film and TV content is far and few in between during the coronavirus pandemic. So, naturally, when anything pops up, it catches our attention, especially if it has something that interests us. It’s no surprise that things related to Game of Thrones pique our interest quite a lot. Thus, we stopped when the trailer of Emilia Clarke’s (Daenerys Targaryen) horror outing, Murder Manual dropped recently. It’s an anthology film consisting of eight short tales of horror, drama, and suspense by eight directors; which have been compiled into a 1-hour 31-minute movie. Now, the film has also landed on Amazon Prime to rent or stream.
Emilia Clarke’s part in the anthology is named Shackled, a short film shot way back in 2012. It was one of the earlier roles of the English actress in her career. Clarke plays Malu, a young woman entrapped by a circus. After frantic attempts, she is rescued by her husband. But disturbing voices and memories haunt her afterward. In the trailer, she can be seen horrified, running, and confronting ‘a secret’ that chases and eludes her at the same time. Emilia’s look seems that of a classic damsel in distress, albeit she is married to Jesse (Hadley Fraser).
The trailer gives us short glimpses of the other stories, which are difficult to fathom just from the video; a little girl going through a horrifying experience with her father, a train ride shared by two people, a couple of scarecrow-faced guys, worms, vampires, and a looming presence of evil. The official description provides a little clarity. “Held captive by a circus, Malu is frantically rescued from her shackles by her husband. The Silent is a short film which tells of a little girl’s journey from a world of nightmares to the nightmare of reality. A gay couple’s romantic getaway in Palm Springs turns deadly. A social horror-thriller about a young woman whose rideshare turns deadly.”
Thus, we can assume that a lot of things turn deadly in the haunted chapters of this “book of horror”. Although the stories all seem distinct from each other, the producers have insisted that the viewers should watch every tale carefully as they all bear some sort of connection.
Besides Emilia and Hadley, it also stars Isaac Anderson, Maria Olsen, Sally Hughes, and Anthony Goss. A presentation of Hewes Pictures and Freedom Cinema, Murder Manual is available on Amazon Prime. The reviews haven’t really been encouraging, but give it a shot if you find the cast appealing or if the horror genre speaks to you like none other.
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