Riddle of Fire - Vinyl Soundtrack LP

Brothers Hazel (Charlie Stover) and Jodie A'Dale (Skyler Peters), along with their good friend Alice (Phoebe Ferro), pull off a daring heist to steal the latest and greatest in video game technology. Upon arriving back at the A'Dale household, and assembling a bespoke buffet of carefully arranged snacks, they plug in their newly grifted entertainment hardware to discover something even more insidious than a controller-smashing boss battle: a TV that has been password-protected by the A'Dale brothers’ mother Julie (Danielle Hoetmer), who is sick in bed. Intent on having her children spend the summer outdoors, she makes the motley crew a condition for the TV password: one blueberry pie. These words set the three leads out on a magical quest full of speckled eggs, nefarious villains (including the Enchanted Blade Gang), dance sequences, and a precocious young girl named Petal (Lorelei Olivia Mote) who may or may not be a fairy.

The feature debut of Weston Razooli who, in addition to directing, wrote, produced, edited, and stars in the film, Riddle of Fire is an evocative throwback to the coming-of-age adventure films of the 80s. Lushly photographed on location in Utah on 16mm film and featuring a luminous dungeon synth soundtrack, Riddle of Fire is a rousing, tactile fantasy for adventurous cinephiles of all ages. The film premiered in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 2023, and has been a fan favorite in theaters since its release.