16 minutes. One basement. Zero chill. This short will haunt your stairs.
In the summer of 1963, a sixteen year old girl investigates the mystery of her father's basement.
Acting
Sarah Steele's silent terror says everything.
Direction
Newbury weaponizes 1963 aesthetics against you.
Sound
Basement acoustics that crawl under your skin.
Director
Kevin Newbury
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kevin Newbury primarily directs opera—this is his only film, explaining the stagelike tension and musical rhythm of dread.
The title references both the 'stag party' and the hunted animal, framing masculinity as ritualized predation just before second-wave feminism exploded.
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