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By Bezulsqy
#78791
Yesterday I went to see Jakob Alhbom's Horror. It is a play (mime!) that looks like a movie.
It is hard to explain exactly what I saw, but I urge anyone to check this out when (if ever) it will play near you.
The timing, special effects and sound is incredible. It is hard to believe everything is performed in real time right before your eyes.
He recreated some bits from legendary scenes from classic horror movies (Exorcist: walking down the stairs like a spider, Evil Dead 2: possessed hand, the Ring: girl crawls out of TV). All very cleverly done!

January 25 and 26 they will perform in London at the MimeLondon festival: http://www.mimelondon.com/jakop_ahlbom2016.html

Below is the teaser and here some more info: http://jakopahlbom.nl/voorstelling/horror/?lang=en

#78836
Yes, there is an overarching narrative. It is a story about a girl who returns to the house she grew up. The house is haunted by her death sister. You see flashbacks of her and her sister and their parents. During the play you get to know what happend to her and her sister. All the reference to movies are very well placed within the narrative. And the way the story is told is really clever.