Closet Monster Trailer (2015)

Stephen Dunn’s first feature is a fresh, imaginative take on the traditional coming out/coming of age tale. Its hero, Oscar (Connor Jessup) is a cute, conflicted teenager who, at the age of eight, witnessed a horrific hate crime that has scarred him deeply. Filled with fear and self-loathing as he struggles with his dawning sexuality—and not helped by living with his bitter, homophobic father—he turns for advice to his “spirit animal,” his pet hamster Buffy—who talks to him in the voice of Isabella Rossellini! But when he becomes obsessed with Wilder, his hot co-worker at the hardware store, Oscar can’t deny his urges any longer.