The Peril at Pincer Point

Directed by Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn
United Kingdom
2025
83 mins
A sound recordist is sent to a strange island in this spectacularly eccentric British comedy-horror-fantasy delight made in marvellous monochrome. Auteur Award, SXSW 2026.

You are invited to set sail for the most mysterious and wonderfully weird movie destination of the year. The feature debut of UK short filmmakers Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine stars a terrific Jack Redmayne as Jim, an eager-beaver London audio technician. His mission is to capture the sounds of Pincer Point, an eerie island where egomaniac director P.W. Griffin has filmed his latest creature feature. Oddballs with tales of ghost ships and stolen souls abound as Jim’s task turns to obsession and he becomes enmeshed in secrets, mysteries and spooky goings-on. The howling winds of B-movie horrors and the stormy gusts of experimental cinema fill the sails of this visually stunning flight of absurdist fancy.

The Peril at Pincer Point is aggressively weird, and that’s why it works. It commits to its oddity, revealing its creator as a playful visionary who seems equally inspired by Eraserhead, The Wicker Man, and Pirates of the Caribbean … It’s truly not like anything else you’ll see this year.
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

Tickets

Sat 6 June 2026, 8:45pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
Assisted ListeningWheelchair
Tue 9 June 2026, 8:30pm
Event George St - Cinema 3
Assisted ListeningWheelchair
  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    UK
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn
  • Producer
    Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn
  • Cast
    Jack Redmayne, Alyth Ross, Os Leanse
  • Screenwriter
    Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn
  • Cinematographer
    Murray Zev Cohen
  • Editor
    Noah Stratton-Twine
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Production Company: Gittes Cross Pictures
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