A blossoming young woman, Agnes Applewhite, gets a job as a shampoo girl at lively beauty salon, which goes against the wishes of her traditional family which includes her sanctimonious mother and tightly wound sister. As she begins this newfound journey, she starts to deal with debilitating menstrual cramps which blurs the line between reality and nightmare.

Stick around after the screening for a virtual Q&A with director Brooke Cellars!

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Nightcrawler is a horror film festival, and the nature of the genre sometimes brings provocative or disturbing content. Specific content warnings are provided for explicit material, but please note that nearly all of these films contain death, injury, and/or blood and gore.