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Mockumentary Haunting Targets Fear of Mediocrity in Staging

8/18/2026

Summary

Story summary

Director Martin Beswick confronts the ghost “Stalls” at Nottingham’s Hounds Gate theatre.
The ghost appears when a seat flips up, feels cold and shows pistachio shells.
Spectral audio records Cobb muttering “Not … good … enough!” about the new staging.
Actor Colin Collins (Matthew Hunt) exploits the “Stalls” story to undermine the production.
Director Quentin Dupieux uses the haunting to examine artists’ fear of mediocrity in a low-budget horror mockumentary.

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Story summary

Director Martin Beswick confronts the ghost “Stalls” at Nottingham’s Hounds Gate theatre.
The ghost appears when a seat flips up, feels cold and shows pistachio shells.
Spectral audio records Cobb muttering “Not … good … enough!” about the new staging.
Actor Colin Collins (Matthew Hunt) exploits the “Stalls” story to undermine the production.
Director Quentin Dupieux uses the haunting to examine artists’ fear of mediocrity in a low-budget horror mockumentary.