The first is “The Memory Eaters” from A24. This isn’t a ghost story. It’s a film about those who have forgotten. People begin to lose their memories—and in their place, someone else’s appears. Someone else’s pain. Someone else’s deaths. The heroine is a neurologist who discovers that her own memories are not her own. The film is shot in the style of “Melancholia”—slowly, ponderously, with a silence that oppresses.
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The second is “The House That Breathes” from Neon. A house where a family lived begins to breathe. Its walls pulsate. The floors absorb tears. Everyone who lives there gradually becomes a part of it. The film is a metaphor for the trauma that never leaves the house. The camera doesn’t move. Only the breathing changes.
The third is “The Last Lullaby” from A24. A woman writes a lullaby for a dying child. When a child dies, a lullaby begins to play itself. At night. In every home where it’s heard, someone dies. It tries to destroy the recording. But it’s already burned into the memories of millions. Film is a sound that won’t go away.
Fourth is “They Are Still Watching” from Netflix. People begin to see not themselves in mirrors, but someone else—in an old dress, with empty eyes. Anyone who stares for more than 10 seconds disappears. The film is shot entirely in mirrors. No one sees the actors. Only reflections.
Fifth is “The Silence Between Words” from A24. The heroine is a deaf writer who begins receiving letters… from the dead. They’re not written. They come in her dreams. She doesn’t hear them—but she feels them. Their words are vibrations in her bones. The film is a story about how pain speaks, even when language is lost.
