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For this second episode of our new Scream Addicts side project FOYEURISM, Jinx and Scott Foy were both slightly under the weather and suffering from a touch of brain fog, which, in retrospect, may not have been the best circumstances when having to discuss a film that virtually defies description: DEAFULA aka the first motion picture ever done entirely in American Sign Language. Even we were occasionally at a loss for words and just wanted to throw up our hands in the air trying to explain this psychotronic art film. Yes, art film!
Despite having one of the goofiest titles in movie history, would you believe Deafula is actually a black & white, mostly silent, quasi-religious art film about a seminary student cursed with vampirism searching for the horrifying truth about his lethal affliction while questioning God on the nature of good and evil, all set within a cinematic world in which everyone is deaf and can only communicates via sign language? It’s also a frequently preposterous film that features a hunchback with soup can hands, a detective who uses peanuts to crack the case of the vampire killer, a magic ring, and a protagonist who frequently transforms into a Bela Lugosi-inspired vampire actually named Deafula who, for reasons unknown, boasts a big phony Cyrano de Bergerac nose. This truly one-of-a-kind celluloid curio runs the gamut from creepy, artistic, and poignant to disorienting, ridiculous, and, yes, even a tad pretentious.
We’ll try our best to tell you all about one of the most fascinating horror films you’ll ever hear about (that wasn’t even made for the hearing)!
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