The first-time film-maker’s claustrophobic movie has been compared to The Babadook and Hereditary – and draws on themes that are close to home
There’s something particularly horrific about watching a person you love gradually lose all semblance of themselves.
In the psychological horror film Relic – which debuted to critical acclaim at Sundance in January and arrives on Stan this week – the
Australian first-time director Natalie Erika James explores the nightmare through a metaphor which, for her, is close to home: the devastating impact Alzheimer’s disease can have on its sufferer and their loved ones.