

Karen Gillan made a horror short about herself before she was huge. Meta, messy, magnificent.
Direction
Gillan's debut shows sharp comic timing and genuine visual confidence.
Acting
She commits fully to humiliation—no vanity, all vulnerability.

Director
Karen Gillan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gillan wrote and shot this during her Guardians of the Galaxy press tour, essentially predicting her own inevitable franchise fame.
The film premiered at Fantastic Fest, where Gillan reportedly handed out headshots of herself in monster makeup—method marketing.