SCISSORS

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SHORTS PROGRAM 7: MINDBENDERS
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema #3 Sat, Mar 14 9:50 PM
Nothing here plays it safe. Strange, unsettling, provocative, and often hilarious, these shorts challenge expectations and linger long after the lights come up.
SHORTS PROGRAM 7: MINDBENDERS
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema #2 Tue, Mar 17 9:20 PM
Nothing here plays it safe. Strange, unsettling, provocative, and often hilarious, these shorts challenge expectations and linger long after the lights come up.
Film Info
Type of Film/Event:Film
Runtime (minutes):12
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Genre:Horror
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Ethan Embry
Jenna Kanell
Georgia Bridgers
Anissa Matlock
Hannah Aslesen
Najah Bradley
Director:Hannah Alline
Executive Producer:Michael Aaron Milligan
Matthew Montemaro
Aaron Chewning
Tim Reis
Producer(s):Andrew Hunter
Hannah Aslesen
Hannah Alline
Screenwriter:Hannah Aslesen
Cinematography:Kristian Zuniga
Music By:Jacob Tardien
Editor:Michael Wiley

Description

When a group of queer women retreat to an old mill cabin in rural Georgia for a bachelorette weekend, they're expecting cheap wine, chaotic confessions, and the kind of petty drama that comes with putting too many exes in one room. What they don't expect is Terry - an embittered local in his late 40s who's convinced modern women have ruined everything. After a tense encounter with Luna at a gas station, Terry follows the group back to their cabin, armed with garden shears and a twisted sense of righteousness. But these women aren't the helpless victims Terry imagined. When his home invasion takes an unexpected turn, the power dynamic shifts in ways no one saw coming. What unfolds is a darkly comedic battle of wills that forces the women to confront not only their attacker, but the fractures within their own group — old resentments, competing egos, and the messy realities of queer solidarity under extreme pressure. SCISSORS uses the slasher framework to interrogate toxic masculinity, male entitlement, and what happens when the people society underestimates refuse to play victim. Set against the claustrophobic isolation of the Georgia woods, it's a blood-soaked feminist comedy that asks who really gets to be the monster — and delivers one hell of an answer.