SKULK
2026 · 6m
Directed by Max Ward
Genres: drama, horror, thriller
A woman tormented by an unseen presence slips between paranoia and reality.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Paranoia-vs-reality is horror's most tired premise, and SKULK doesn't seem interested in subverting that — it's playing it straight, which means it's already lost me.
Ward demonstrates a formal control over psychological horror's visual vocabulary—the slip between states is cleanly constructed—but the film sits comfortably within an established lineage without pressing against it.
The sound design decision to blur diegetic and non-diegetic threat into one unsettling wash is what makes this work; it's the single choice that collapses the woman's interior and exterior, turning budget constraints into perceptual ones.
Reviews
A visceral masterclass in atmospheric dread, SKULK explores the terrifying architecture of the human mind and the things we can't outrun.