The Princess's Journey
Four childhood friends reunite for a nostalgic weekend, but their pasts are used against them by Melancholia, a flamboyant demon who turns their reunion into a surreal horror-comedy-musical performance.
As reality fractures, original songs, fantasy horror, and absurd theatricality collide in a retro-stylized nightmare about friendship, self doubt, and....lizards?
DIRECTOR STATEMENT:
"The Princess’s Journey" is a surreal horror-comedy-musical about four estranged childhood friends who reunite at a secluded home, only to find themselves trapped in a theatrical nightmare orchestrated by a flamboyant demon named Melancholia.
The film was made with many of the people I grew up with, including my brother, and is deeply inspired by the strange humor, friendships, anxieties, and creative obsessions that shaped my childhood. Much of the film’s comedy, musicality, and surrealism comes directly from the kinds of characters, jokes, and homemade worlds we created together growing up.
Inspired by the stylized energy of 80’s horror and older genre filmmaking, the film blends hyper-saturated visuals, retro lenses, practical theatricality, original musical numbers, and psychological horror into a handmade genre experiment about friendship, selfishness, and the fear of creating without the ones we love.
At its core, this project was an opportunity to make something personal with people I love. I wanted the film to feel funny, strange, chaotic, nostalgic, and sincere all at once. To me it is like an old inside joke slowly turning into a nightmare. As a filmmaker, this is the closest I’ve come to creating something that truly reflects my voice and the kinds of stories I want to tell.This is a title
"It's gonna be a helluva night!"
The Princess's Journey is currently beginning its festival run. Stay tuned for updates.