Shorts Program 13: Horror Hags
Sunday 11th February / 19:15 / City Kino Wedding & Online
Shorts Program 13: Horror Hags (116 mins)
Elderly women have long been made a spectacle in the history of horror cinema, but in this selection it’s plain to see that they are neither harmless grannies nor one-note has-beens. You can try to lock ‘em up in a home and forget about them, but these hags will not be contained! Among them are the vampiric, the evil, the hosts of illegible ailments, the crafty survivors of swindles, and the most horrific of all- a reminder of our own mortality!
Olga’s Eyes (22:06)
Written and directed by Sarah Carlot Jaber, Belgium, 2023 | German Premiere | Available online
Olga, a music-loving octogenarian, is tired of killing humans. Could it be the vampire blues? For her daughter Simone, she’s just being picky! Olga is placed in a care home where she can deal with those “who have one foot in the grave”...
Spoor (14:46)
Directed by Sunita Soliar & Statten Roeg, UK, 2023 | Available online
A freakish, throbbing growth torments Ash. She is stuck caring for her vitriolic, dementia-ridden mother. With every indignity, Ash’s lump grows, until it erupts, spewing a mysterious substance. Will Ash figure out what it is and how to stop it?
Deadhead (14:30)
Directed by Virginia Powers Hendry, US, 2023 | European Premiere | Available online
Wendy is a middle-aged woman who is constantly dismissed and made to feel invisible by the men in her life. One day while working in her garden, she pricks her finger on a thorny cocoon, and is infected with something... inhuman.
The Old Hag and the Crow (5:55)
Directed by María Lucía Bayardo, Mexico, 2023 | Available online
Larisa, a curious girl, enters the house of the old hag, who has a crow as her allied, not imagining the consequences of her decision.
Scam (7:30)
Directed by Julie Sharbutt, US, 2023 | German Premiere | Available online
When a phone scammer exploiting the elderly makes one last late night call, the woman on the other end gives her much more than she's asking for.
Forever Flowers (13:01)
Directed by Joe Solomon, written by Francesca Lin, UK, 2022 | Available online
In a remote country house Lily and Rose are awaiting the arrival of their care-worker Dani and her boyfriend Bo for a farewell dinner. Dani and Bo are planning to rob the elderly couple during the meal. But these two old ladies are not what they seem…
Declin (14:30)
Written and directed by Élise Huyssen, France, 2022 | Available online
Suffering from Alzheimer’s, a pensioner is facing his caregiver going mysteriously missing. Confused, he looks for her in his nursing home’s hallways but he is prey to disturbing apparitions…
The Hand that Feeds (23:59)
Written and directed by Helen Hideko, Austria, 2023 | Available online
Irina, a single-mother, must move in with her sugary sweet mother-in-law, Trudi. In spite of feeling suffocated by Trudi’s relentless generosity and greasy home-cooked meals, Irina always tries to maintain a grateful facade. Yet she’s plagued by a creeping sense of unease and is even terrorized by spine-chilling visions when she’s alone. How long can she grit her teeth and swallow everything while denying the rage that is growing in her gut?