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A group of friends get together for a Halloween Party. After Carol notices an old Matryoshka doll sitting on the table, Tucker proceeds to tell the group about an old game his grandmother used to play called “The Nesting Game”, but the old poem may unleash something more deadly than expected.

    • Best Monster, Scared For Your LIIFE

    • Audience Choice - Best FX, Happenstance Horror Fest

    • Best Horror, Brightside Tavern Film Festival

    • Best Director - Horror - Manny Serrano, Brightside Tavern Film Festival

    • Best Actress - Horror - Angie Hansen, Brightside Tavern Film Festival

    • Horror Hop at the Playhouse (2022)

    • Boston Underground Film Festival (2020)

    • Houston Horror Fest (2020)

    • Hang on to Your Shorts (2020)

    • Independent Horror Awards (2020)

    • Art of Brooklyn (2019)

    • Happenstance Horror (2019)

    • Tromadance Film Festival (2019)

    • Boulevard Film Festival (2019)

    • Bizarre AC (2013)

    • Long Island International Film Expo (2019)

    • Brightside Tavern Film Festival (2019)

    • Midsummer Scream Halloween and Horror Con (2019)

    • Coney Island Film Festival (2019)

    • Salem Horror Fest (2019)

    • Desmond District Demons (2019)

    • IndieWorks Halloween Special (2019)

    • New York Short Film Festival (2019)

    • Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival (2019)

    • Scared For Your LIIFE (2019)

    • IndieBoom Film + Music Festival (2019)

  • Angie Hansen - Carol
    Diana Porter - Eve
    Jose Torres - Tucker
    Deana Demko - Lina
    Scott Gorbach - Lewis
    Tauras Smith - Zayne

  • Director

    • Manny Serrano

    Writers

    • Manen Lyset

    • Manny Serrano

    • Lindsay Serrano

    Producers

    • Lindsay Serrano

    • Manny Serrano

    Cinematography

    • Phil Kral

    Makeup & FX

    • Beatrice Sniper

    • Jason Peterson

    Score

    • Brandon Boone

    Editor

    • Manny Serrano

    Sound Design

    • Phil Michalski

    Color Grade

    • Phil Kral

“It’s original, suspenseful and could spawn a whole series if those working behind-the-scenes wanted to.”
— Horror Society

  • I’ve seen a lot of projects from the combined talents of Manny Serrano and Lindsay Serrano, and I have to say that Matryoshka is hands-down the best thing I’ve seen from them so far.

    Horror Society

  • Review from Al Lucard

  • Matryoshka ends in a hot-dog-ified version of a famous horror scene that had me laughing HARD.

Matryoshka poster © Mass Grave Pictures LLC
  • Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
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  • Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
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  • Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
  • Beatrice Sniper, Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
  • Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
  • Angie Hansen, Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
  • Angie Hansen and Manny Serrano, Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
  • Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures
  • Matryoshka, © Mass Grave Pictures