Penny Lane Is Dead
Australia, 1986. A girls’ night in at the beach house and a cruel prank spiral into a night of bloodshed.
01 Synopsis
Summer, 1986. Penny Lane has been accepted into university, and she’s celebrating at a beach house with her best friends Toni and Amy. Then the uninvited guests arrive: her jealous cousin with a tray of spiked cupcakes, and the recently released boyfriend and menacing friends she has invited along. A cruel prank goes wrong, and the party descends into mayhem and violence. Mia’kate Russell’s feature debut is a gleefully gory reverse home-invasion thriller led by three fierce young women.
02 Facts
- Mia’kate Russell
- Horror thriller
- Feature film
- 90 min
- Buffalo Media, Sanctuary Pictures, in association with Cyan Films
- Adelaide Film Festival, 18 October 2025
- Umbrella Entertainment (ANZ) · Upgrade Productions (international) · Shudder (US)
03 Gallery
Gory Ozploitation thriller ‘Penny Lane Is Dead’ is making audiences pass out at Fantasia.
04 Recognition
- World premiere, Adelaide Film Festival 2025
- Fantasia International Film Festival 2026
- Sitges Film Festival 2026 — Midnight X-Treme
- Streaming on Shudder (US) from 28 August 2026
05 Credits
- Mia’kate Russell
- Andre Lima, Ari Harrison, Carly Maple, Julie Ryan
- Buffalo Media, Sanctuary Pictures
- Cyan Films
- Bailey Spalding, Alexandra Jensen, Tahlee Fereday, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Ben O’Toole, Steve Le Marquand, Fletcher Humphrys
Screen Australia · VicScreen · South Australian Film Corporation · Adelaide Film Festival · Umbrella Entertainment · IFC/Shudder · Upgrade
