'The Moogai' is a psychological horror film with real world implications
Words by August Billy The Moogai, which is screening at St Kilda Film Festival. Filmmaker Jon Bell lives on Bundjalung country in Casino, northern NSW. Bell’s career work – which includes the TV dramas Redfern Now and The Gods of Wheat Street – has largely focused on the contemporary experiences of Australia’s Indigenous people. Bell’s latest project, The Moogai, is a 15-minute psychological horror film, which he wrote and directed. The action centres on a young Indigenous couple, Sarah and Fergus, and their newborn baby, Jacob. Shortly after bringing Jacob home from hospital, ...