Sweet Sorghum
2025 · 10m · USA
Directed by Brendan Lee Hickey
Genres: comedy, experimental, horror
Tones: dark, darkly comic, surreal
Three men ditch the city for the woods, where something is very much not okay. Horror-comedy vignettes in period costume, shot on 16mm, 360-degree rigs, and night vision.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Anyone shooting period-costume horror on 16mm AND a 360 rig AND night vision is either a maniac or my kind of person. Probably both. The format chaos alone earns the slot.
Period-costume forest horror filmed on 16mm, 360-degree cameras, and night vision is genuine formal indulgence — The VVitch crashing a Tim & Eric sketch is either electric or a mess. Worth seeing which.
Period-costume forest horror filmed on 16mm, 360-degree rigs, AND night vision is a maximalist format-stack that signals real craft intent. Tweed-and-dixieland into night-vision dread is a tonal swing I want to see executed.
Reviews
Despite its antique aesthetic in dialogue and wardrobe, director Hickey finds exciting moments for visual creativity.