In 1859, a disgraced army surgeon finds himself among brutal men on a whaling ship destined for tragedy.
Author: C.H. Newell
C.H. Newell is first and foremost a passionate lover of film— especially horror. He's also a PhD student at Memorial University of Newfoundland with a concentration in postmodern critical theory and Queer Gothic. He wrote for Film Inquiry frequently during 2016-17, and regularly contributed to Scriptophobic during 2018-2019 in a column called Serial Killer Celluloid focusing on film adaptations about real life murderers. As of September 2018, C.H. Newell is an official member of the Online Film Critics Society, and as of April 2019 he's currently listed as a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. He has covered major film festivals such as Fantasia Festival (2019, 2020) and Fantastic Fest. During September 2019, Father Son Holy Gore was one of several media outlets helping to present Randfilmfest in Germany, & will be once again in 2020— Newell will also serve as part of the jury for the prestigious Rand Award.
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