Lucid is a Canadian horror film, directed by Ramsey Fendall and Deanna Milligan and released in 2025.Jennie Punter, "Directors of Fantasia’s World-Premiering Art-Punk Horror ‘Lucid’ Drop Trailer, Say ‘Making Art and Indie Film Is an Act of Rebellion". Variety, July 14, 2025. The film stars Caitlin Taylor as Mia Sunshine Jones, an art student on the verge of being expelled from school. Desperate to find the creative inspiration that will improve her art, she turns to a magical elixir that triggers lucid dreaming, only to unleash manifestations of her own inner demons, including a hairy monster (Vivian Vanderpuss) representing her painful repressed memories of her mother.Brad Miska, "Dark Star Pictures Has ‘Lucid’ Dreams Over Fantasia Horror Film". Dread Central, April 16, 2026.
Production The full-length directorial debut for both Fendall and Milligan, a married couple, it is an expansion of their 2021 short film of the same title.Evan Lindsay, "Island filmmakers faced monster challenge bringing Lucid to the screen". Vancouver Island Free Daily, July 21, 2025.
After struggling to secure studio support for the feature film version, they were encouraged to find ways to make and fund it themselves as an independent film. They shot the film in their home community of Oak Bay, British Columbia, although the temporary apartment set they built in their garage was erroneously reported to the authorities by a neighbour as an illegal AirBNB.
Distribution The film premiered in 2025 at the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival,Michael Gingold, "Exclusive clips and photos: The 'Hair Monster' lurks in Fantasia premiere 'LUCID'". Rue Morgue, July 21, 2025. and was subsequently screened in the New Visions competition at the 58th Sitges Film Festival.Andreas Wiseman, "Sitges & Fantasia Horror ‘Lucid’ Gets International Sales Deal & Canadian Distribution". Deadline Hollywood, October 10, 2025.
It has been acquired for theatrical distribution by Filmoption International in Canada and Dark Star Pictures in the United States, with commercial release scheduled for May 2026.Jamie Casemore, "Dark Star Pictures acquires U.S. rights to genre feature Lucid". Playback, April 17, 2026.
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