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LUCY'S TALE: A SHORT HORROR
Between mean girls, her first romance, and budding hormones, Lucy begins to realize that she’s not quite like the other teenagers in her class in this coming-of-age horror.
Lucy’s Tale had its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, one of the biggest genre film festivals in the world, showcasing science fiction, horror, and fantasy. After its U.S. Premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, it went on to screen at a number of fests before its release on Gunpowder & Sky’s horror platform, ALTER, where it has been viewed over 6.8 million times. Fans of Lucy’s Tale continue to interact with the story both on YouTube and TikTok and serves as a proof-of-concept for a larger feature production.
Irina Bravo
Mary Nepi
Zach Fifer
Daryl Paris Bright
Zanny Laird
Lucy’s Tale is featured in the book New Blood in Contemporary Cinema by Patricia Pisters, professor of media studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Paying homage to Stephen King’s Carrie and dark female coming-of-age films like, Heathers and Jawbreaker, Lucy’s Tale is sure to remind you of the horrors of growing up and the body insecurity that goes along with it. A suspenseful story about a girl who no doubt wishes to grow bigger boobs, finds herself growing something else and no amount of acne cream or blemish removal can help her. So while Lucy may just want to come into her womanhood, she also comes into her evilness.
The film follows a teenager named Lucy as she tries to find her place in high school after one of her best friends abandons her for “cooler” people. Lucy’s Tale is a story that dives into the complexities of mean girls and also addresses their consequences. For Lucy, her sense of betrayal and new-found outcast status serve as a catalyst for the film’s supernatural happenings. What should have been a time to grow into her sexual identity and womanhood, instead gives birth to telekinetic powers with a hideous physical side effect.