Indie Film Fundraiser: Her Self Inflicted Decapitation
Schedule
Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa, NY, United States, New York 12020 | Ballston Spa, NY
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Join us for a fundraiser to support local film!Meet the filmmakers and stars of a new short film, filmed in the galleries and archives of SCHC!
In 1842, Sarah Aldridge murdered her Father then removed her own head; a century and a half later, a curious filmmaker digs through Sarah’s writings seeking inspiration, but finds her life and Sarah’s bound across time and space in mysterious ways.
“Her Self-Inflicted Decapitation” is a ghost story following Sarah W., a struggling screenwriter trapped in a thankless sitcom writers’ room. Dreaming of writing stories that resonate with her, she spends a day in the Brookside Museum, studying Sarah Aldridge’s journal. As she explores the house and digs deeper into Sarah’s story, she realizes the two share more than a name. And that the horrifying end that Sarah A. met may await Sarah W. as well.
But this is more than a ghost story. It’s a story about being controlled by forces outside of us, both those of this world and those not. And how two woman sought to escape their bonds through art. It’s a story about storytelling. It’s eerie, slowburn psychological horror focused on creeping dread more than explicit violence. The type of quiet horror that makes you wonder if maybe there’s something very wrong with this place.
All donations to this event will go to support the costs of filming and producing this independent film, which will be shooting at SCHC in early March.
Register at https://brooksidemuseum.org/event/indie-film-fundraiser-her-self-inflicted-decapitation/
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