Sacrificial Animals

Inspired by Kailee Pedersen’s own journey being adopted from Nanning,China in 1996 and growing up alongside her family’s farm in Nebraskathis rich and atmospheric supernatural horror debut explores an ancient Chinese mythology. The last thing Nick Morrow expected to receive was an invitation from his father to return home. When he left rural Nebraska behindhe believed he was leaving everything thereincluding his abusive fatherCarlyleand the farm that loomed so large in memoryforever. But neither Nick nor his brother Joshuadisowned for marrying Emiliaa woman of Asian descentcan ignore such summons from their fatherwho hopes for a deathbed reconciliation. PredictablyJoshua and Carlyle quickly warm to each other while Nick and Emilia are left to their own devices. Nick puts the time to good use and his flirtation with Emilia quickly blooms into romance. Though not long after the affair turns intimateNick begins to suspect that EmiliaΓÇÖs interest in him may have sinisterand possibly even ancientmotivations. Punctuated by scenes from NickΓÇÖs adolescent yearswhen memories of a queer awakening and a shadowy presence stalking the farm altered the trajectory of his life foreverSacrificial Animals explores the violent legacy of inherited trauma and the total collapse of a family in its wake.