From 21-year-old trans Australian indie filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay comes The Serpent’s Skin, a supernatural queer romance thriller, starring Alexandra McVicker, Avalon Fast, Jordan Dulieu, Scott Major, and Charlotte Chimes.
The Serpent’s Skin is Maio Mackay’s sixth and most ambitious film to date, combining her distinct filmmaking voice with a larger scope that leans into a darker storyline and is influenced by 90s cult television like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed.
After the world premiere at Frameline (San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival), followed by Beyond Fest, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Fantasia Film Festival, Frightfest, NewFest – The New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, and more, The Serpent’s Skin will open in U.S. theaters, starting on March 27 in New York City and on April 3 in Los Angeles.
The film will open in New York at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn on March 27 and in Los Angeles at the Alamo Drafthouse DTLA on April 3, as part of a special Fantastic Fest Presents showcase, with Mackay and special guests in attendance for opening nights.
Additional screenings with director Q&As include the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on April 2 and Vidiots in Los Angeles on 4/4, with further cities and dates to be announced.
Here is the synopsis: Twentysomething Anna (Alexandra McVicker) leaves her small, transphobic hometown to start a new life in the city with her sister when she quickly finds herself face-to-face with Gen (Avalon Fast), a confident young woman she’d first seen in visions. Gen, Anna learns, has supernatural powers—powers that the two of them share. Their bond of magic and romance is threatened when Gen inadvertently unleashes a demon in Danny (Jordan Dulieu), Anna’s one-time fling and neighbor, and the mysterious evil begins targeting—and feeding on—everyone close to them.
Watch the official trailer for The Serpent’s Skin above.
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