STRANGER THINGS Alum Shannon Purser Is Making Her Directorial Debut With SISTERS
Stranger Things and Riverdale alum Shannon Purser is stepping behind the camera for her next project. The actress, who’s also featured in projects like Wish Upon and the Duplass Brothers’ Room 104, has announced her directorial debut, Sisters, a new short film about two young girls who cross paths with something strange and mysterious.
Both written and directed by Purser, Sisters stars Ava Acres, Grace Jenkins, Kelli Maroney, Aaron Lyons, and Kevin Keppy, with producer Chelsea Stardust and creature effects by Little Shop of Gore. The short’s synopsis is as follows:
Sisters is an original short horror film about two young girls, Big Sister (17) and Little Sister (10) on the run. They wander into a desolate mountain town and it's immediately clear that their dynamic is strange: Little Sister is silent and unresponsive, Big Sister is secretive and cagey. Things take a turn for the monstrous when they cross paths with a creepy Trucker. It's a film about the specific, complicated bond of sisterhood and the lengths we'd go to to protect the ones we love.
“I'm an actor, but storytelling and the written word are my first love and I've been obsessed with horror from the moment I forced my best friend to watch Scream with me at a fourth grade sleepover,” Purser says. “I am so unbelievably excited to add my own voice and vision to the horror genre. This story in particular is an ode to my experiences as a young girl and a sister. I'm one of four girls and my relationships with my sisters are unlike any others in my life.
“Women are trained to be alert to spoken and unspoken threats and, all too often, these threats come a little too close to home. There is a specific kind of camaraderie and allyship born out of these shared fears and I can't wait to explore that intimacy in this film.”
Sisters is currently raising money for production costs via Indiegogo.
