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Aug 7, 2019 · Filmmaker Maegan Houang latest short film, "In Full Bloom," is a surrealist exploration of grief and the black hole that it leaves in our lives.
- Amy Lam
Jul 30, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Maegan Houang. Maegan Houang’s work is stunningly transportative and distinguishes her as one of the most exciting up-and-coming filmmakers on the scene. But she didn’t always imagine herself in film.
Official film poster for In Full Bloom. Throughout her prolific career as a music video director, Los Angeles based filmmaker Maegan Houang has explored a wide range of dark fantasy topics with her uncompromising direction.
Jun 27, 2019 · DN alum director Maegan Houang’s In Full Bloom tells a story of memory; an old woman living in her apartment becomes confronted by relics from her past, causing a void to manifest itself in the middle of her floor.
Given creative control and $3,000, she directed the video for “Happy” from Mitski’s 2016 album Puberty 2, which involves a 1950s-inspired Asian housewife whose white husband possesses a heinous secret. The video was a success, but Houang still had trouble securing representation, as a result of which she “fell into a slump because I’m ...
Delve into Los Angeles-based director Maegan Houang’s filmography, and you’ll be stunned at some of the macabre things that you’ll find. Horror, unnerving tension, and elements of dark fantasy all come together in her works time and time again, coalescing in a kaleidoscope of gruesome ideas.
After making rounds on the festival circuit, the surrealist short film In Full Bloom begins its life online. Written and directed by Maegan Houang, In Full Bloom features Vietnamese-American actress Kiều Chinh and tells the story of Cecile, an elderly hoarder whose life is upended when worms trigger a black hole in her home and
