mixtape no. 2
title: terror!
24 minutes
mixer: ben rivers
2006

10th January 2008 - Found Footage Screening at ICA, The Mall, London

Ben Rivers “Terror!“
Beta SP | 2007 | 24 mins.

“This masterfully edited compilation documentary analyzes the morphology of the horror film. Stringing together the most common tropes and scenes of slashers, zombie flicks, slumber party massacres, etc. into a single meta-horror opus, Rivers not so much deconstructs the genre as provides a tribute that reveals its limitations but also its visceral power. It’s films like this that explain why I do film programs like ‘Experiments in Terror’” – Noel Lawrence.

'A love letter to the genre which got me into film in the first place-these films in particular, which I saw when I was about 10-12, due to a dodgy video shop owner in my village who seemed to enjoy pushing these films onto our young minds. His shop, by the way, was in the basement of the Methodist church-I don't think they had any idea what was coming out of their cellar.' - B. Rivers

Dylan will be performing as part of a ten piece goof troupe along side members of Polly Shang Kuan Band, Leopard Leg, Bolide Awkwardstra and Towering Breaker at the ICA, soundtracking Ben Rivers 80s slasher movie montage 'Terror!' on Jan.10th.