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Bring Me The Horizon 'Strangers' by Thomas James

Rob Ulitski - 14th July 2022

Thomas James directs a beautifully twisted and sublimely surreal exploration of inner demons coming to life, in his promo for Bring Me The Horizon's Strangers.

In a nondescript industrial space, a host of characters undergo Cronenberg-style body horror transformations, intercut with a suitably haunting performance from the band. 

Bodies twist, contort and conjoin in a horrific yet eerily beautiful way, balancing a nightmarish aesthetic with hyper-intimate, bravura cinematography by Adam Barnett.

James draws on a host of influences - including a special nod to Chris Cunningham and Aphex Twin's Rubber Johnny - but adds his own facility for narrative and sense of humanity to the outstanding VFX work. It's a brilliantly successful execution of a stunningly ambitious concept.

Rob Ulitski - 14th July 2022

Tags

  • Pick of the Day
  • Performance
  • VFX
  • Rock
  • Alternative
  • Body Horror
  • Transformation
  • Demon
  • Abstract
  • Horror

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Thomas James
Producer
Craig Dixon
Production Company
OB
Executive Producer
Sam Holmes
1st AD
Chris Malin
2nd AD
Samuel James Fullerton
Runners
Remy Trafford, Michael Baugh                     

Camera

Director of Photography
Adam Barnett
Focus Puller
James Wicks
2nd AC
Patrycja Cygna
DIT
William Gardner 

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Ian Stowe
Key Grip
Callum Watt  
Sparks
Leo Olesker, Will Allen    

Art

Production designer
Finn Sullivan
Standby Art Director
Phoebe Swiderska
Art Assistants
Charlie Gleeson, Bianca Hlwya

Wardrobe

Make-up
Begoña Fernández Martin
Make-Up Assistant
Rebecca Lilly Robinson
Wardrobe Assistant
Lucy Lucian James                   

Casting

Casting director
Emma Garrett
CAST
Trauma
Addiction
King Davies Dogbe   
Self Destruction
Charlie Faye
Self Destruction
Robin Faye


Editorial

Editor
Jake Armstrong
Editing company
Whitehouse Post
Edit Producer
Karen Plowden

Grading

Colourist
Peter Oppersdorff

VFX

Post production company
The Mill
Post Producer
Tom Cole
Post Producer
Chloe Ensor
VFX Supervisor
Stuart Wilson

Commission

Commissioner
Kat Cattaneo
Label
Rca Sony Music
Management
Raw Power Management

Misc

DoP's representation
Worldwide Production Agency
Line Producer
Lucy Bradley

Rob Ulitski - 14th July 2022

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