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Mercies May

Mercies May is a Minneapolis-based horror writer-director whose work uses genre to explore trauma, grief, and power dynamics, often where those forces intersect. He has directed more than 160 independent music videos, developing a highly visual, rhythm-driven approach to filmmaking. He has also worked as a freelance screenwriter, including co-writing an adaptation of August Prize-winning novel Th…

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I Used to be YouI Used to be You · 2021
I Used to be You
2021
Movie
After a dramatic encounter in a parking garage, a man struggles to shake the creeping feeling that someone is still after him.
A Shadow in the Corner of the RoomA Shadow in the Corner of the Room · 2026
A Shadow in the Corner of the Room
2026
MovieHorrorDrama
Down-on-her-luck nurse, Avery, dismisses a care home resident's warnings of a shadowy presence as dementia...until it begins to turn its attention to her.
Trade for PrintTrade for Print
Trade for Print
MovieHorrorThriller
Compromising photographs and blackmail draw supermodel Eva back to her hometown, and bitter former collaborator Tyler. As old tensions re-emerge, he introduces her to a mysterious camera that captures more than just images.
Honor's Half-LifeHonor's Half-Life · 2024
Honor's Half-Life
2024
MovieScience FictionHorror
When a teenage daughter's ex military father brings her to help an old friend from his unit, she discovers the gruesome secret he's had to keep. Now she finds herself in a life or death situation that none of her father's training could have ever prepared her for.
Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face ExplodesEvery Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes · 2022
Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole F*cking Face Explodes
★ 6.72022
MovieComedyHorror
Ethan is in love with the weird girl in school. The one with the twitchy eyes and spiders in her hair. The one who can't sit still for even a minute and speaks in an odd squeaky voice. The one they call Spiderweb.
The Last FareThe Last Fare
The Last Fare
MovieHorror
On a bleak winter night, a rideshare driver picks up a stranded teen during curfew. As a creeping suspicion takes hold that he may be responsible for a string of local killings---and might be capable of it again before the night is through---the teen flees into the icy woods to prevent further harm, only to come face to face with something vast, alien, and beyond human understanding.

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