Myskatonic is a film, television, and media production company.

We’re passionate about the power of the horror genre and how filmmaking can serve as a Trojan horse to convey political ideas.

We’re interested in identity and place and are drawn to stories where characters find themselves displaced from the everyday into otherworldly situations that challenge their perceptions.

We’re intrigued by the unknown, the weird & the eerie, in stories where personal identity collides with psychogeography to say something beyond the literal.

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HOWLSAVLA GWAV


Directors: Ryan Mackfall and Joe Gray. Writer: Joe Gray. Original Soundtrack: Daisy Rickman.
Producers: Kingsley Marshall, Joe Gray & Ryan Mackfall
Cast: Darcy Vanhinsbergh (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), with Morgan Val Baker (Bait), Daisy Rickman, Richard Ballinger (Bronco’s House), and the Guilds of Montol.

Synopsis
A wanderer, lost within the landscape of West Penwith through misadventure, blunders across mythical realms and is drawn into the Winter Solstice celebration of Montol - the long-held tradition of marking the year's turning at the earth's edge. For one night, he blurs the lines of reality and folklore, joining with the Guilds, dancing with beasts, enacting the rituals and customs of distant ancestors to call back the sun.

Screenings
World Premiere: OffBeat Folk Film Festival, Garden Cinema, 10 May 2026, London

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THE LAND DEMANDS BLOOD


Directors Ryan Mackfall. Writer: Kingsley Marshall. Editor: Jake Potter.
Producer: Kingsley Marshall
Contributors: Jane Darke, Carl Grose, Ruth Heholt, Mark Jenkin, Dean Puckett, Ryan Mackfall

Synopsis
Water, woods and rock, drifted stream. Storms overhead, fields of salt water, wicked moor. Lightning strokes and standing stones, ground hard as iron and oak, granite swallowing tin and slate. This documentary examines Hammer Film’s use of Cornwall as a setting and location for the films The Reptile and The Plague of the Zombies, exploring the “new weird Britain” of contemporary folk horror with filmmakers Mark Jenkin, Dean Puckett, Jane Darke and Ryan Mackfall, playwright Carl Grose, and film historian Ruth Heholt.

Screenings
World Premiere: Worcester International Film Festival, September 2026, UK (BIFA Qualifier)

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THE BIRDWATCHER


Director: Ryan Mackfall. Producer: Kingsley Marshall. Writer: Lachlan Marks.
Cast: Craig Russell (Protein, Edge of Summer, Queen Cleopatra), Mary Woodvine (Rose of Nevada, Enys Men, Bait), Rimca Karmakar (Pendulum, Nation Down), Kevin Horsham (The Northman).

Synopsis
Investigators visit the site of a strange disappearance - a solitary birdwatching hut deep in the forest. Situated in Cornwall and drawing upon the county’s natural environment, seafaring tradition, Celtic history, and Cornish language, The Birdwatcher takes its themes from a time when the world seemed much larger, mysterious, and frightening, drawing parallels with the fears and xenophobia of the contemporary moment.

Awards
Winner - H.P. Lovecraft Award - Flickers' Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Film Festival, USA, 2025
Winner - Best Horror Film - Cambridge Short Film Festival, 2025
Winner - Best UK Short Film - Cineverse London, 2025
Winner - Best Science Fiction Film, Global Short Film Awards, USA, 2026
Finalist - LA International Horror Film Festival, USA, 2025
Finalist - Abertoir Film Festival, 2025

International Premieres
World Premiere - Frightfest/Glasgow Film Festival, March 2025
US Premiere - Chicago Horror Film Festival, May 2025
Scandinavian Premiere - Ravenheart International Film Festival, May 2025
London Premiere - Offbeat Folk Film Festival, May 2025
Spanish Premiere - GFFF Galician Freaky Film Festival, Vigo, Spain, 19-27 September 2025
German Premiere - British Shorts, Berlin, February 2026
Online Premiere - Director’s Notes, June 2026

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Interview
Ryan Mackfall (Director, The Birdwatcher) - The New Current, 2026

Official Selection

  • GlowFlare Horror Film Festival, Nominee, May 2025

  • CenterFrame Selects, Longlisted, May 2025

  • Celtic Media Festival, Nominee, June 2025

  • West Coast US Premiere: Portland Horror Film Festival, June 2025

  • The Independent Horror Society Indie Film Showcase, London, June 2025

  • The Independent Horror Society Indie Film Showcase, York, July 2025

  • Cambridge Short Film Festival, Winner, Cambridge, July 2025

  • Out of the Can Film Festival, July 2025

  • The Independent Horror Society Indie Film Showcase, Brighton, 7 August 2025

  • The Independent Horror Society Indie Film Showcase, Manchester, 14 August 2025

  • Switzerland Premiere, Golden Swan Zurich International Film Festival, Zurich, 21 August 2025

  • Jane Austen International Film Festival, Nominee, Bath, 4-5 September 2025

  • The Independent Horror Society Indie Film Showcase, Birmingham, 11 September 2025

  • H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Rhode Island, USA, August 2025

  • H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Portland, USA, 19-21 September 2025

  • Grindfest Film Festival, Bournemouth, UK, 19 September 2025

  • Northern Horror Film Festival, York, UK, 26-28 September 2025

  • Hell Tor Film Festival, Exeter, UK, 26-28 September 2025

  • Dead of Night Festival, Southport, UK, 11-12 October 2025

  • Fortean Film Festival, UK, October 2025

  • LA International Horror Film Festival, USA 30 October 2025

  • Starling Film Festival, New Brighton, UK, 3-9 November 2025

  • Philip K. Dick Film Festival, London, UK, 7 November 2025

  • Abertoir International Horror Film Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, 12-16 November 2025

  • Ireland premiere - Underground Cinema Film Awards, Dublin, Ireland, November 2025

  • The Independent Horror Society Indie Film Showcase, Norwich, UK, 27 November 2025

  • British Shorts Berlin, Berlin, 22-28 January 2026

  • Two Short Nights Film Festival, Exeter, 5-6 March 2026

  • The Philip K Dick Film Festival, New York, 13-14 March 2026

  • Director’s Notes, Online Premiere, June 2026

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BACKWOODS


Director: Ryan Mackfall. Producer: Kingsley Marshall. Writer: Neil Fox.
Cast: Kevin Horsham (The Northman), Ciaran Clarke, Noah Wallace.

Synopsis
1907, Massachusetts. A scholar drifts from his path and finds himself in a house he takes for deserted. Deserted, apart from a beguiling book containing dark secrets that exerts a powerful hold over those who come into contact with it.

Backwoods Trailer: https://vimeo.com/307522810
Backwoods Full Film: https://youtu.be/ADypzr6KyBI

Screenings
Licensed: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (2021): https://youtu.be/aSYBpdDSh9A
World Premiere: H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Portland, US
UK Premiere: London Short Film Festival, UK (BIFA/BAFTA Qualifier)
Winner: HP Lovecraft Award, Rhode Island International Film Festival, US
Fastnet Film Festival, Ireland
Two Short Nights Film Festival, UK
Bizarre Bazaar, US
SciFi Terror and Fantasy Film Festival, Mexico
Online Premier, Profile & Interview: Director’s Notes: https://bit.ly/3QLmYt1

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