As dream life bleeds into waking reality, a woman haunted by her Puritan ancestor must confront the terror buried deep within her bloodline. Through ritual and violent trial of the body, she fractures the veil between worlds and is thrown into a fight for her life.

Lady Puritan is a surreal psychological meditation on ancestral trauma and the intimate horror of what we are born carrying. Set against the shadow of American Puritanism, the film explores the tension between repression and embodied desire.




PRESS
   "An oneiric journey back to nature, exposing the contradictory place of women in American colonies
   founded on an imported, invasive Puritanism that has always been alien to the native environs."
   — Anton Bitel, Projected Figures

   “A visual personification of feminine rage and generational trauma.”
   — Reel News Daily

   “A rare beast in how naturally, earnestly freaky it is.”
   — The Geek Show

   “Some of the wildest and most ambitious imagery of 2026.”
   — B-Sides & Badlands

   "Lady Puritan draws parallels between historical and contemporary moral battles."
   — The Hollywood Times

   ADDITIONAL COVERAGE
   • Our Frightening Five: A Quintet of Recommended Panic Fest Short Films — Scariest Things
   • Panic Fest 2026: A Conversation with Justin Streichman & Gustine Füdickar — B-Sides & Badlands
   • Interview with Gustine Fudickar & Justin Streichman directors of Lady Puritan — The Hollywood Times

FESTIVAL AWARD NOMINATIONS
Terror in the Bay Film Festival — Best Editing · Best Cinematography
Buried Alive Film Festival — Best Editing · Best WTF · Romero Award


FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Boston Underground
Panic Fest
Ravenheart International Film Festival
Chattanooga Film Festival
Dances With Films
Oak Cliff Film Festival
Defy Film Festival
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival
BUT Film Festival
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Dead Northern
Monster Fest
Santiago Horror
Terror In the Bay Film Festival
Fantasmagoría
Fright Nights
Tacoma Film Festival
Buried Alive
BizarroLand Film Festival



A Film by.............................Gustine Füdickar & Justin Streichman
Featuring.............................Gustine Füdickar, Dorothy Dubrule, Stacy Dawson Stearns        
Score & Sound Design by........Aaron Drake                                          
Edited by.............................Justin Streichman








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Contact
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