This film reminded me very much of the Suspiria remake, where witches run a dance school to instil their dark magic into the fabric of the dance.
In Fabric is a cryptic film where a (what seems to be) old fashioned dress store is run by a peculiar array of characters, that may or may not be, witches.
It is a very stylised portrayal, where the use of character behaviour is emphasised and magnified. The dress store uses television advertisements to project images onto potential customers who are vulnerable to their charms. The staff in the store are like spiders spinning webs to capture flies. They are quite unnerving.
There is a sexual element to the film which is very crude and somewhat repulsive. It seems to link in with the store staff and somehow feeds them. The mannequins are featured in the plot as potential important elements as are the models in the catalogue.
I think that the victims are used to make new frocks so they are part of the fabric of the clothing, hence a cycle of dark entrapment for the forces that run the store.
A very interesting concept, I have read a few books with similar threads by authors such as Bentley Little and Graham Masterton.
I am unsure as to why it is labelled a horror/comedy because there didn't seem to be anything funny about the whole thing!!
Not my cup of tea but I'm very glad to have seen it and I'm sure it will play on in my mind for quite a while. It holds a strong cast, who were a pleasure to watch.
In Fabric is a cryptic film where a (what seems to be) old fashioned dress store is run by a peculiar array of characters, that may or may not be, witches.
It is a very stylised portrayal, where the use of character behaviour is emphasised and magnified. The dress store uses television advertisements to project images onto potential customers who are vulnerable to their charms. The staff in the store are like spiders spinning webs to capture flies. They are quite unnerving.
There is a sexual element to the film which is very crude and somewhat repulsive. It seems to link in with the store staff and somehow feeds them. The mannequins are featured in the plot as potential important elements as are the models in the catalogue.
I think that the victims are used to make new frocks so they are part of the fabric of the clothing, hence a cycle of dark entrapment for the forces that run the store.
A very interesting concept, I have read a few books with similar threads by authors such as Bentley Little and Graham Masterton.
I am unsure as to why it is labelled a horror/comedy because there didn't seem to be anything funny about the whole thing!!
Not my cup of tea but I'm very glad to have seen it and I'm sure it will play on in my mind for quite a while. It holds a strong cast, who were a pleasure to watch.