It has been a good year for women in horror. This Halloween, The Finals Girls present a selection of shorts from some of the most exciting new female voices in genre cinema. Films that delve deep into the darkest human desires, bringing an unforgettable array of monsters to the screen. These slick and scary films explore themes of body anxiety, repressed desires, social pressures and unspoken fears. Embrace your nightmares because the future of horror is female. Bristol-based director Gabriela Staniszewska will introduce the selection which will include her own short film, I Should have Run.

Screening tonight:

• Dead. Tissue. Love.
  Dir: Natasha Austin-Green, UK, 10mins
• Mother of Monsters
  Dir: Julia Zanin de Paula, Spain, 9mins
• Undress Me
  Dir: Amelia Moses, Canada, 13mins
• Shortcut
  Dir: Prano Bailey-Bond, UK, 5mins
• I Want You Inside Me
  Dir: Alice Shindelar, USA, 13mins
• Pulse
  Dir: Becki Pantling, UK, 6mins
• The Puppet Man
  Dir: Jacqueline Castel, USA, 9mins
• Don't Think of a Pink Elephant
  Dir: Suraya Raja, UK, 7mins
• Sorry, We're Closed
  Dir: Alexis Makepeace, Canada, 6mins
• I Should Have Run
  Dir: Gabriela Staniszewska, UK, 4mins

The Final Girls is a film collective which explores the intersections between feminism and horror film.

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