![]() ![]() Oscilloscope will open The Alchemist Cookbook this fall, but no date has been set. This first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year. The Alchemist Cookbook is both written & directed by American filmmaker Joel Potrykus, of the films Buzzard and Ape previously as well as a number of shorts. ![]() But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature's secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous. Filled with disdain for authority, he's fled the daily grind and holed up in the wilderness, escaping a society that has no place for him. Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits, with his cat Kaspar as his sole companion. You can still watch the first teaser trailer for The Alchemist Cookbook here, to compare these trailers. Here's the full trailer (+ poster) for Joel Potrykus' The Alchemist Cookbook, in high def from Apple: There's some funky footage in this trailer, but the best part is the quote from Variety about "if you only see two American indie features co-starring Satan this year…" You have to appreciate a unique trailer like this. After going too far with a recipe, he "awakens something far more sinister and dangerous". ![]() This film is about a young outcast named Sean, played by Ty Hickson, who is holed up in a trailer in the woods with "The Alchemist Cookbook" and his cat trying to devise twisted schemes for vanquishing his enemies. In a movie filled with wrongness, watching him power through a bag of Doritos is somehow the uneasiest."Just walking around in my mansion, in the woods, in my robe…" Oscilloscope Labs has released the full trailer for indie film The Alchemist Cookbook, from director Joel Potrykus who last made the cult hit Buzzard. His efforts, while rarely pleasant to watch, give this bizarre little squiffle of a film some real fascinating impact. Here, he appears to be taking his cues from somewhere in another dimension, sporting tics and obsessive patterns that don’t land anywhere on the standard Hollywood chart of afflictions. The Alchemist Cookbook’s biggest weapon, however, proves to be Hickson, a talented actor who was downright terrific in the SIFF fave Gimmie the Loot. With an effects budget likely ranking in the single digits, Potrykus’s film beats the recent Blair Witch revamp in making the woods a place where a Terrible Thing could be lurking behind every twig, especially-and most impressively-during the daylight. The fact that it’s often genuinely scary helps, too. Any attempt at a plot description, though, neglects the small, absorbingly bizarre bits scattered through virtually every scene. Suffering from delusions of fortune, a young hermit hides out in the forest hoping to crack an ancient mystery, but pays a price for his mania. The camera keeps uncomfortably close to the main character as he works on his slowly disclosed plan, while barely tolerating the occasional visits from a semi-concerned family member (the hilarious Amari Cheatom). Support local, independent media with a one-time or recurring contribution. More than ever, we depend on your support to help fund our coverage. ![]()
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