Post Mortem – Toronto After Dark 2021

TADFF 2021 Post Mortem

A photographer travels with a young girl to a haunted village in . Tomás () survived a near-death experience at the end of the First World War, who now works as part of a sideshow, taking post mortem photographs of corpses with their loved ones. The sideshow catches the attention of Anne (), a ten-year-old girl from a nearby village, who Tomás he saw during his near-death experience. He ends up accompanying Anne to her village, where she lives with Auntie (), which Tomás soon learns is home to many malevolent spirits.

Post Mortem is a supernatural horror film by Hungarian filmmaker Péter Bergendy, which focuses on German-born First World War veteran Tomás, who has found a career for himself taking photographs of corpses. It is this trade that leads to Tomás following the young girl Anne to her village, which has amassed a stockpile of corpses during the winter months. Taking a room in the home of widow Marcsa (), Tomás soon comes to find that the village is home to countless shadowy spirits that don’t take too kindly to a stranger in their midst.

While Post Mortem undoubtedly has its spooky moments, the film does leave some things to be desired, with the shadowy appearance of the ghosts not being that scary on their own. The film also somewhat wastes an opportunity, since even without the supernatural element, I’m sure Post Mortem could have found a lot of horror alone in the very macabre habit of taking photographs of corpses, which are often posed alongside their loved ones. However, this is still a supernatural horror film worth checking out.

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Post Mortem is streaming beginning on October 14th, 2021 as part of the virtual 2021 Toronto After Dark Film Festival


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Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.