"Pretty": Metecan Duren's Ambitious Horror Debut Shows Promise
New horror film "Pretty" is good to look at thanks to 19-year-old director Metecan Duren.

When beloved couple Moe Sway and Wutyi Cho are forced apart, he promises her 'I would die if it is what you like.' One day, their reunion reveals that Wutyi Cho has changed completely, even taking the name Gar Gar, and she realizes their love is now impossible, setting a tragedy in motion.
New horror film "Pretty" is good to look at thanks to 19-year-old director Metecan Duren.
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman/the most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman,” Director Spivey Jr quotes. The quotes are absolutely true. Misogynoir is a devastating social ill that is not given the weight it is due.
This short film was an overall creative success.
Facing the world with our fair share of uncertainties and/or apprehensions, many of which, sadly, may be well-founded, is nothing to sneeze at. Influenced and buffeted by the constant barrage of social media, fake news, and general upheaval present in our contemporary reality, what IS real and what's not becomes a blur.
The idea of Rosemary's baby but with lesbian partners drew me in, and I was anticipating what the film had in store with its reimagining. Unfortunately, it all felt a little too vague to leave an impact.