THE MOOGAI

By Jon BELL

NO COINCIDENCE MEDIA - as PROD

Thriller - Completed 2024

A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance 2024
Midnight
SXSW 2024
Midnight
Sydney 2024
Audience Award Best Australian Feature
Melbourne Fest. 2024
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Horror
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 5 - 10 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jon BELL
    • Writer(s)
    • Jon BELL
    • Producer(s)
    • Mitchell STANLEY (No Coincidence Media), Kristina CEYTON (CAUSEWAY FILMS), Samantha JENNINGS (CAUSEWAY FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • The debut feature film from writer/director Jon Bell whose writing credits include Cleverman and Redfern Now. The Moogai is a psychological horror about a young mother, Sarah, who becomes terrorised by a malevolent spirit she believes is trying to take her children. Sarah’s husband Fergus desperately wants to believe her but as she becomes more unstable, Fergus is increasingly concerned for the safety of their family. Bell has teamed up with producers Mitchell Stanley (We Are Still Here), Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings of Causeway Films (The Babadook, Talk To Me).