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“You’re a tough cookie, aren’t ya?” Umbrella Entertainment in Australia has revealed the first official trailer for an indie horror film called Penny Lane Is Dead, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Mia’Kate Russell, a make-up artist and horror filmmaker of many other shorts. It premiered at the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival and opens in Australian theaters this July (right in the middle of their winter). This Adelaide Ozploitation horror movie was filmed in South Australia and is set back in the year 1986 during a sweltering hot summer. 17-year-old Penny is celebrating high school graduation with friends while at her family’s beach house, but the night goes awry when Penny’s troubled cousin Kat decides to crash the party. “Mia’Kate infuses Penny Lane Is Dead with her unmistakable storytelling style, crafting a film that crackles with razor-sharp tension, raw emotion & unflinching violence. This is a bold, relentless ride that will leave audiences breathless.” This stars Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Tahlee Fereday, Alexandra Jensen, Ben O’Toole, Bailey Spalding, Steve Le Marquand, & Fletcher Humphrys. Looks wild and bloody. // Continue Reading ›
