Acclaimed Short ‘Mimic’ Is Getting a Feature [Exclusive]

At last year’s 2025 Panic Fest, I had the pleasure of checking out Thomas Edward Hindy’s Mimic. In my brief review blurb, I wrote:

Thomas Edward Hindy’s Mimic was a natural favorite of mine because there are few things I love more than body-double horror movies. Something about an entity or force beyond our understanding replicating our form is terrifying in some deeply human, existential way. It’s why the likes of Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers have endured for decades, widely considered one of the scariest movies ever made. When something can replicate who we are, some core part of our humanity is lost. The horror genre revisits the well pretty regularly in everything from slashers (consider Scream 3’s voice changer) to ghost stories (The Others), and Mimic is body-double horror on steroids. It’s brief, violent, and frightening. 

While the release (and success) of Obsession and Backrooms suggest YouTube is the new digital frontier of burgeoning horror talent, I remain a traditionalist in a lot of senses, and it’s why I always make it a point to check out the Shorts Block at festivals every chance I get. To me, that’s where the talent is; unbridled, subversive filmmakers doing some of the coolest stuff you’ve ever seen. And, luckily, Hindy’s Mimic is getting the feature film treatment, and we can exclusively announce all you need to know about what’s poised to be one of the most exciting horror releases of the year.