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MAUDE

MAUDE

2026•5m•12A•Horror•Drama

A misunderstood women with the desire to be youthful and live forever, endeavours to kidnap a boy and perform an ancient ritual to expose his spirit and release her husband.

Maude is a horror, drama short set in the present day, unfolding within the suffocating confines of a small, cluttered flat belonging to an elderly woman who is slowly disappearing from the world. Misunderstood and painfully lonely, Maude’s yearning to remain youthful masks a deeper grief she is struggling to confront. When she kidnaps a young boy, she follows an ancient ritual; one that will expose his spirit, restore her fading body, and release her husband she has kept bound to this world though love and denial.

Ethan Edwards · Director

Charlie Tebbutt · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime5m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 1, 2026
Budget$745

Actors

Non Vaughan-O'Hagan

Maude

Mark Edwards

Norman

Hayden Stanford

The Boy

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