Medieval Maze

When two friends visit a recreated medieval village off the beaten track for a fun day out, they're horrified to find they have been trapped in the past with their 1700s doppelgängers lying in wait for them. And some mazes you can't escape from...

  • Nina Romain
    Director
  • Nina Romain
    Writer
  • Nina Romain
    Producer
  • Aoife Hogan
    Key Cast
    "Aoife"
  • David Matthew Ryan
    Key Cast
    "David"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 28, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Couch Film Festival
    Ontario, Toronto
    Canada
  • Horror-on-Sea Film Festival
    Southend-on-Sea
    United Kingdom
    January 24, 2026
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Nina Romain

Producer/writer Nina Romain is living proof that small children shouldn't be taken trick-or-treating in Alabama a long while ago - or they tend to end up obsessed with the creepier side of Halloween! Her horror shorts tend to be shot half in the seedier side of Los Angeles and half in the darker side of the UK.

Medieval Maze has been nominated by Ontario's Couch Film Festival and will screen at Southend's Horror-on-Sea film festival on 24 January. It is available on YouTube on: https://youtu.be/cHBaVNktsH0

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Director Statement

Medieval Maze screened in January '26 at Horror-on-Sea.

The indie microhorror's director Nina Romain battles a fear of doppelgängers in an "eerily authentic" recreated medieval village during the shoot, as well as wrestle with onset shenanigans leading to getting hit on the head by her own camera. All in the name of art, of course...