11 minutes. One book. Zero chance you'll sleep tonight.
A man shelters from an approaching storm in a seemingly abandoned house. He finds an old book entitled "Regnum Congo" and an old man who is obsessed with a disturbing illustration within it.
Cinematography
Hand-drawn rotoscoped horror that crawls under your skin.
Direction
Shinagawa stretches 11 minutes into eternal unease.
Director
Ryo Shinagawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from H.P. Lovecraft's 1921 story, one of his few works explicitly dealing with cannibalism and racial anxiety.
The Regnum Congo was a real 1597 book by Filippo Pigafetta, documenting Portuguese atrocities in the Congo — Lovecraft's twisted reference to actual colonial horror.
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