Jenny Popovich
Jenny Popovich is a writer, director, and editor currently living in Chicago. Jenny’s drama, horror, comedy, and sci-fi scripts and films tell relevant twenty-first century stories with memorable and engaging characters. Jenny is a strong advocate for female representation both in front of and behind the camera and her female-centered films and screenplays provide believable characters with engaging plots.
Jenny’s films have screened and won at many U.S. and international festivals, including the Central Florida Film Festival, Best Horror Shorts Film Festival, and the WPRN Women’s International Film Festival. Her scripts have placed and won in several festival screenwriting contests, including FilmQuest, The New York Science Fiction Film Festival, the ScreenCraft Film Fund, and Richmond International Film Festival. In addition to writing and directing, Jenny also shoots and edits short films, PSAs, trailers, commercials, and corporate interviews. Jenny is proficient in technical film areas including editing, coloring, cinematography, and camera operation.
Director Statement
When I was a little girl, my mother came home with a unique looking wreath made out of tree bark and decorated with flowers. She hung the wreath on the wall across from my bed. On the first night of the wreath’s presence, I began to have nightmares. The wreath would grow bright red eyes, sharp white teeth, and little tree branch arms and legs. It would hop down off the wall, run over to my bed, and start snapping its long white teeth at my feet. These nightmares lasted for months. Finally, the wreath was thrown away. To this day, I still wear slippers when I sleep.
Hair Wraith offers genre thrills and chills while wrapping the story in a subtextual examination of the harrowing and lingering effects of abuse. The film also celebrates the ritual of catharsis and its ability to vanish and conquer the demons of our memory. Horror films have evolved from mere shock and thrill devices to vehicles that explore the human condition by addressing problematic topics. I saw Hair Wraith as an opportunity to explore the consequences and fallout from abuse. Abuse is a topic that dominates the media, and it is centered in the now. I hope that Hair Wraith resonates deeply with audiences.
Cast & Crew
Jenny Popovich: Director, Writer
Ahsha Davis: Producer
(Righteous Self)
Ashley Greenwood: Key Cast „Sally Torrance“
(The Wolfman Revisited)
Amelia Mahrie: Key Cast „Emma Torrance“
(Spider-Gwen: Last Dance)
Annie Bayliss: Key Cast „Candice Torrance“
Nola Bayliss: Key Cast „Young Sally Torrance“
