About Guest

Apparitions is a modern horror tale that begins like a gothic ghost story… and ends with a deadly cat and mouse game through the Australian bush.

With only nightmares for childhood memories, Lily Stone returns to her family home to find out what happened to the parents she never knew. Despite the locals’ warnings about an evil presence cursing the house, Lily crosses the threshold and discovers not all the ghosts that haunt us are dead. An exploration of fear, family and identity, of being confronted with a legacy of horrors perpetrated by your own flesh and blood, Apparitions was filmed over 24 days with a main cast of 7 and a small but ridiculously talented crew, the company faced rain, hail, wasps — even a scratchy-tongued pub cat who wanted to be adopted by the crew — to create this fun Australian road trip through the history of horror.

Written, produced and directed by Perri Cummings and Paul Anthony Nelson (Trench), Apparitions stars newcomer Cate O’Connor as Lily Stone, alongside Cummings (Trench), Shanon Kulupach (Spin Out), Fabio Motta, Kristina Benton, Ilana Charnelle, Lana Golja, with Wayne Tunks and star (and icon!) of TV’s Neighbours, Stefan Dennis. It was shot by Tim Egan (award-winning short films Curve and Troll Bridge) with makeup and SFX by Mia-Kate Russell (Scare Campaign, 2040, What If It Works?, and her own award-winning short films Maggie May, Liz Drives, Death by Muff and Swallow), and music composed by Adam Rudegeair (of Lake Minnetonka, Trench).