Francesca Maldonado makes horror that doesn’t blink. A visual storyteller whose work constantly reflects the horrors that persist. Unrelenting, piece by piece, she forces you to reckon with your being and how you fit into this perfectly curated world.

 

Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Maldonado brings a fresh take on the uncanny undercurrent of Los Angeles. 

 

Maldonado recently directed the closing segment for the feature film, Give Me an A - an all-female directed dystopian anthology in response to the overturn of Roe V. Wade for XYZ Films. You can watch Give Me an A now on Amazon Prime or Tubi. Give Me an A won the Jury Gold Award at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and the Director's Award at FilmQuest.

 

Before Give Me an A, Francesca Maldonado co-founded the all-female horror collective Fatale Collective, which produced a short film, Fatale Collective: Bleed. The film went on to have an international festival run and won multiple awards, including the Director's Award at Filmquest.

 

For the last decade, Maldonado has been a prolific visual artist, creating visual pieces that have garnered millions of views across multiple platforms, uniting the horror community in locking their doors, closing their windows, and hiding under the covers. 

 

What you’ve seen here is only the beginning. The next nightmare is already in motion.