The Boogeywoman
In the fever of her first period, a late-blooming teenager is haunted by her small town’s local legend, only to find that the “Boogeywoman” is flesh and blood. The mother she never had.
- USA
- 2019, 17 min
- Director: Erica Scoggins
- Director of photography: Albrecht von Grünhagen
- Editor: Erica Scoggins
- Screenplay: Erica Scoggins
- Music: Sara Sinclair Gomez, Suzie Chism, Jordan Chism
- Cast: Amélie Höferle, John Henry Ward, Katherine Morgan, Grace Turner, Raquel Ascension, Keenan Carter, Nathanial Ford Junior
- Art Director: Madeline Young
- Producer: Sinah Ober, Dakin Cranwell, Ian Flannery
Erica Scoggins
Erica Scoggins is a Tennessee-based artist and filmmaker. After studying fine art and writing at Belmont University in Nashville, she completed her MFA in film directing at the California Institute of the Arts. Her multi-disciplinary practice examines altered states of consciousness brought on by adrenaline, desire, disease, and trauma, and draws on myth and archetype to challenge modern social standards. Erica is currently developing a feature film based on the themes and relationships in her latest short, The Boogeywoman (2019).