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Kelly Smith

Born September 13, 1972 · Hillingdon, Middlesex, England (age 53)

Kelly Smith is an English director, producer and screenwriter. His love of genre cinema led him to study BA Film & Drama at the University of Reading, where he wrote and directed Cold Wood (1994), a horror-Western short which won a British Amateur Video Award and the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers' Youth Trophy and International Award. With director and fellow graduate Julien Magnat he co…

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Don't Let Him In

Don't Let Him In · 2011

Don't Let Him In

MovieThrillerHorror

Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.

Those Days Gone By, Forget Them and Sleep

Those Days Gone By, Forget Them and Sleep · 2025

Those Days Gone By, Forget Them and Sleep

MovieHorrorDrama

A young woman awakens in the basement of a derelict halfway house, unable to escape the memories of its former occupants. The sun never rises. Morning never comes. Trapped in an endless night, she settles into a landscape where memory, place, and long-forgotten histories begin to bleed into her reality.

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Don't Let Him In

Don't Let Him In · 2011

Don't Let Him In

MovieThrillerHorror

Two couples spend a weekend in the country, only to cross paths with a brutal serial killer. As the body count rises, suspicion spirals into paranoia, climaxing in a terrifying battle for survival.

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Those Days Gone By, Forget Them and Sleep

Those Days Gone By, Forget Them and Sleep · 2025

Those Days Gone By, Forget Them and Sleep

MovieHorrorDrama

A young woman awakens in the basement of a derelict halfway house, unable to escape the memories of its former occupants. The sun never rises. Morning never comes. Trapped in an endless night, she settles into a landscape where memory, place, and long-forgotten histories begin to bleed into her reality.