LADY HUNTERS , the FEATURE FILM, based on the AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM.
The Lady Hunters creative team is ready to go again, with the feature version of our multi-award-winning short film now fundraising for production in 2025!
Lady Hunters is a dark comedy thriller about three friends on a moms’ weekend retreat to upstate NY, who learn that a heinous gang rapist has been released from prison nearby. Incensed by the atrocious nature of the crime against a teenaged girl, and incarceration of only one of its perpetrators, the women find themselves novice killers and arbiters of justice.
Winner: Best Film (Detroit Shetown FF), Best Writing (Women in Horror FF, Atlanta), Best Socially Conscious Narrative (Women in Horror FF, Atlanta), Best Cinematography Short (Nightmares FF, Columbus), Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller (Alternative FF, Toronto), Best Adventure + Encore Screening (Manhattan FF), Best Cinematographer (Sick Chick Flicks), Best Thriller (PA Indie), Best of Fest (Sick Chick Flicks)
Nominee: Best Director (Detroit Shetown & Genreblast FF & Istanbul); Best Short (Black Bear); Best Short Film (Female Eye FF, Toronto);Best Thriller Short (Nightmares FF & Women in Horror); Indie Spirit (Women in Horror); Best Performance (Women in Horror); Best Female Director (NY-Istanbul)
Honorable Mention: Hollywood New Directors
International Acclaim: Women Make Waves - Taipei, Taiwan Fabulosis - London, England Female Eye FF - Toronto, Canada Reale - Milan, Italy International Short FF - Pune, India Golden Bridge - Istanbul, Turkey
Distribution: Shudder TV; Etheria World Tour; Film Festival Flix; Roku; Tubi; Amazon Prime in the anthologies Shevenge and the Etheria Film Showcase
Reviews of the short film:
BLUNT AND MEANINGFUL, “LADY HUNTERS” DELIVERS A POWERFUL PUNCH. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/ax-wound-lady-hunters/ IT IS A FILM ONE DOESN'T SIMPLY FORGET. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/morbid-minis-shevenge-anthology/
AN ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/8-indie-horror-female-filmmakers-to-watch/
AN IMPRESSIVE FEMALE-LEAD FILM. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/top-ten-horror-shorts-2019/
THE ISSUES OF RAPE CULTURE AND SEXISM ARE ADDRESSED WITH SENSITIVITY AND URGENCY. https://morbidlybeautiful.com/ten-female-directed-horror-shorts/
