Life in a quiet, isolated religious community is cracking at the edges. When The Pastor’s daughter, Magpie, takes drastic action against her abusive husband, something old and hungry stirs in the woods—a presence marked by shimmering white eyes.
Folk horror ‘THE SEVERED SUN’ is the feature debut from writer-director Dean Puckett, starring Emma Appleton (‘Traitors’, ‘LOLA’), Toby Stephens (‘Black Sails’, ‘Lost in Space’), and Jodhi May (‘The Witcher’, ‘Gentleman Jack’).
Runtime: 80 mins • Cert: 15 • Distributor: Blue Finch Films
Select Q&A screenings start 29 September 2025.
UK & Ireland digital follows on 6 October 2025.
Puckett’s shorts—‘The Sermon’, ‘The Devil’s Footprints’ and ‘Satan’s Bite’—have played festivals including BFI Flare, Sitges and FrightFest, and you can feel that folk-horror thread running right through this one.
