In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.
Acting
Abigail Cowen's Fiona burns with quiet fury—literally and figuratively.
Production
Smart worldbuilding on a shoestring; the witch tests are genuinely unsettling.
Writing
Callahan's script trusts teens to be complicated, not just rebellious.
Director
Elle Callahan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak Trump-era border crisis coverage, the film's asylum metaphor hit different in 2021.
Director Elle Callahan and star Gideon Adlon reunited after working together on the 2018 horror Head Count.
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