Big Worlds On Small Screens & Fantasy/Sci-Fi Films You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: Rebecca Fisher Discusses Mirrormask

~ by Rebecca Fisher

Despite being released over twenty years later, Mirrormask is best described as a spiritual successor to the likes of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. All three have been released by the Jim Henson Company, and each one deals with rebellious adolescence, strange worlds, and the fraught relationship between darkness and light.

With a screenplay by Neil Gaiman, which naturally includes plenty of his favourite topics (including a strained relationship between mother and daughter...