Carmen I. Perez
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Biography
Carmen I. Perez is an American filmmaker originally from Dallas, Texas. She graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication, and graduated from Emerson College with an MFA in Film and Media Art. Her films tend to explore themes of queerness and feminism through the lens of horror.
Known For
A soldier trapped in a time loop is forced to fight a battle he can never win over and over again.
Forever War
A dysfunctional anniversary date leads a man to an extreme method to try to win his boyfriend's heart back.
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In a thematic retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," a man is forced to bring his elderly mother home from her nursing home after she is evicted on grounds of non-payment. She has severe dementia that gets worse the longer he attempts to care for her, and eventually he begins to wonder if she would simply be better off dead.