
Emily Hagins
Directing
Biography
Made her first feature at the age of 12 in her hometown of Austin, Texas – a zombie movie called Pathogen. The documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie chronicled her process from start to finish. Hagins made her second feature, The Retelling, at the age of 14. At 17, she wrote and directed her third feature, My Sucky Teen Romance, which film premiered at SXSW and was distributed by Dark Sky Films.
Known For

The next generation of the horror anthology series, bringing four new frightening experiences to the palm of your hand.
V/H/S: Video Horror Shorts

An anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our folklore, traditions and assumptions.
Holidays

When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 million. Step one? Breaking into the U.S. Mint.
Coin Heist

A horror anthology of shorts themed around the five senses.
Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear

A mysterious technology has transformed the residents of Austin, TX into flesh-craving zombies. Armed with a knife, an axe, and many pairs of flip-flops, middleschooler Dannie and her pee-wee zombie squad take to the streets to battle undead parents, teens, and even a toddler.
Pathogen

Chad Buckley is super crazy about horror movies, but also very lonely. He mostly spends his days in his small movie shop having wild discussions with his only returning customer, Sam.
Scare Package

A young man struggling with a broken heart learns that his new place is full of restless spirits.
Sorry About the Demon

On 17-year-old Kate's last weekend in town, she and her friends plan to spend it together at SpaceCON– the local science fiction convention they attend every year. At the convention Kate meets Paul, a recently turned teen-vampire (who is also dressed as one). But when Kate tries to make a move on him, he accidentally bites her in the neck. Kate and her friends soon discover Paul is not the only vampire at the convention, and it is up to them to stop the vampires and find a way to turn Kate back before it is too late.
My Sucky Teen Romance

Christmas, 1981. At the big holiday house party, 18-year-old Kim discovers that this gathering — with its mixture of alcohol, flirting, and teenage embarrassment — is the perfect feeding ground for the mistletoe-inhabited demon, which seems to be thriving off of the teens’ hormones and anxieties by attaching itself like a parasite. Once it starts growing beneath their skin, their worst fears about themselves come to light, and no can be trusted. Now, Kim and her friends have an almost impossible task — get a grip on their insecurities to defeat this evil force, or face something much worse — death.
Mistletoe

Emily Hagins is making a zombie movie. It's feature-length, it's bloody, and the zombies don't run. Just like it should be. But there's just one difference between her film and every other zombie movie you've ever seen. Emily is twelve.
Zombie Girl: The Movie

Four girls settle in to watch an obscure Ninja film with bizarre consequences.
Ninja Masters 4: The Possession

A comedy about a Halloween-obsessed high school senior who doesn’t think childhood passions should have an expiration date.
Grow Up, Tony Phillips

While visiting his ailing blind grandfather, young Charlie Mason and his friend, Anne discover a dark secret from the past.
The Retelling

Playing Marco Polo in other people's pools wasn't a good idea...
Marco Polo

A killer stalks a slumber party in this tongue-in-cheek parody of classic slasher horror movies.
Party Killer

Mike Myers is a stock, horror movie background character tasked with facilitating the horrible circumstances other unsuspecting horror characters find themselves in. He fiddles with a loose road sign arrow indicating the location of an insane asylum. The arrow spins in the wrong direction, causing a group of unsuspecting young people on their way to a camp, to instead drive to the insane asylum.