LADY IN THE SHOWER **** Canada 2018 Dir: Chris Borgo. 6 mins Writer-director Chris Borgo (THE HAG: BLOODLINE, THE NANABIJOU TAPES) – who also produced, shot and edited – cannily plays on our (over) familiarity with modern horror tropes in this dialogue-free, confident mini-shocker. Laura Woodbeck is part of a trio of generically named characters, The Lady, a young woman with a secret whom we first see texting while preparing to shower in her hotel, Room 409. Borgo deploys a series of shot-specific nods and set ups in honour of the horror world’s most famous shower sequence (including an ominous…
