PEACOCK, a Psychosexual Gothic Horror from South Africa, Premieres on IndiePix Platform December 8th, 2023
After violating the strict moral standards of The Foundation, the puritanical institution for young women in which she was raised, Anna Pohl (Tarryn Wyngaard) is sent to care for one of its founding members.
An Apartheid-era theologian living out his days in paranoia on his isolated farm, Sarel Cilliers (Johan Botha) suffers from frightening visions and demonic hallucinations. Haunted by her own feelings of guilt, Anna slowly gets pulled into Sarel's terrifying world as she tries to unravel the mysteries behind this sinister place and its connection to the devastating secrets being hidden by The Foundation.
An evocative and erotic South African gothic horror, PEACOCK explores the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
Directed by Jaco Minnaar, screenplay by David Cornwell and Jaco Minnaar, and starring Tarryn Wyngaard, Johan Botha, Ruan Wessels, Alida Theron, Liza Van Deventer, Nicola Hanekom, and Andre Stolz.
Making its north American premiere on SVOD service Indiepix unlimited on Amazon channels and via virtual cinema on December 8, 2023
The winner of the Winter FEAR Award – Best Horror Feature Film 2023, you can list to our interview with Jaco Minnaar and David Cornwell HERE.
PEACOCK (2023) Review of gothic horror plus trailer
‘Some demons never die’
Peacock is a 2022 South African horror film about the psychosexual journey of a young woman into the dark recesses of the Afrikaner psyche and its compromised past.
Directed by Jaco Minnaar from a screenplay co-written with David Cornwell. Produced by David Cornwell, Dumi Gumbi and Catharina Weinek.
The Ergo Company production stars Tarryn Wyngaard, Johan Botha, Ruan…