THE DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS

Lauren Jane Barnett is an actress and multi-award-winning horror author and screenwriter known for her work on the history of horror films and her female-driven psychological horror stories. You might also recognise her from Blu-Ray extras with Hammer Films, including the collector’s editions of Dracula and X-The Unkown.

Author of the first walking guide to London horror movies, Death Lines: Walking London’s Horror History, which Kim Newman dubbed “The A to Z horror fans need”, her sci-fi novella, Occam’s Dream, is often compared to an episode of Black Mirror.

Her most recent work, Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror is coming to life in October with a special series of walks at London’s Kew Gardens.

Film work includes the multi-award-winning shorts Darner and Robot Armadillo, and a segment in Video Shop Tales of Terror II,. She also co-hosts the London Horror Movie Club Podcast, dedicated to the world of indie horror.