Kiwi Melanie Lynskey is one of the stars in a creepy, just-released trailer for an upcoming horror anthology from exclusively female directors.
XX features Annie Clark aka St Vincent's directorial debut, along with segments from Jovanka Vuckovic, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama.
The trailer teases children turning into actual monsters, a camping trip that descends into terror, a truly awful birthday party and the creepiest dude ever to sit beside on a train.
Vuckovic also serves as executive producer on the film, which stars Natalie Brown Breeda Wool, Angela Trimbur, Sheila Vand and Christina Kirk in addition to Lynskey.
"We created XX because there were no all-women horror anthologies. I had been thinking about crowdfunding it when out of the blue [fellow executive producer] Todd Brown called me and asked me if I wanted to produce an all-women horror anthology with him," says Vuckovic.
"We had both noticed women being passed over for jobs in the recent spate of horror anthologies so we decided to do something about it. His title was better than mine and he brought financing so we quickly agreed on the format and started making a list of directors we wanted to approach.
"So, XX is a direct response to the lack of opportunities for women in film - in the horror genre in particular."
XX will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
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