Biography
Made her first feature at the age of 12 in her hometown of Austin, Texas – a zombie movie called Pathogen. The documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie chronicled her process from start to finish. Hagins made her second feature, The Retelling, at the age of 14. At 17, she wrote and directed her third feature, My Sucky Teen Romance, which film premiered at SXSW and was distributed by Dark Sky Films.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sorry About the Demon
2022
Director, Writer
A young man struggling with a broken heart learns that his new place is full of restless spirits.
Cold Open
2019
Director
Mike Myers is a stock, horror movie background character tasked with facilitating the horrible circumstances other unsuspecting horror characters find...
Scare Package
2019
Director, Writer
Chad Buckley is a horror aficionado, and he's lonely. Chad spends his days at his struggling genre video store arguing with his only regular customer,...
Coin Heist
2017
Director, Writer
When a crisis threatens to destroy their high school, four teens hatch a daring plan to raise $10 million. Step one? Breaking into the U.S. Mint.
Marco Polo
2016
Writer
Playing Marco Polo in other people's pools wasn't a good idea...
Holidays
2016
as Swim Team Member (segment "Valentine's Day")
An anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our f...
Holidays
2016
Second Assistant Director
An anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our f...
Ninja Masters 4: The Possession
2015
Editor
Four girls settle in to watch an obscure Ninja film with bizarre consequences.
Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear
2013
Director, Writer
A horror anthology of shorts themed around the five senses.
Grow Up, Tony Phillips
2013
Director, Writer
A comedy about a Halloween-obsessed high school senior who doesn’t think childhood passions should have an expiration date.
My Sucky Teen Romance
2011
Director, Writer
On 17-year-old Kate's last weekend in town, she and her friends plan to spend it together at SpaceCON– the local science fiction convention they atten...
The Retelling
2010
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
While visiting his ailing blind grandfather, young Charlie Mason and his friend, Anne discover a dark secret from the past.
Zombie Girl: The Movie
2009
as Herself
Emily Hagins is making a zombie movie. It's feature-length, it's bloody, and the zombies don't run. Just like it should be. But there's just one diffe...
Party Killer
2007
Director, Writer
A killer stalks a slumber party in this tongue-in-cheek parody of classic slasher horror movies.
Pathogen
2006
Director, Writer
An infection which appears to be caused by a bacteria in the water turns out to be more. A fourteen-year-old student, Dannie, feels the real cause is ...
Mistletoe
N/A
Director
Christmas, 1981. At the big holiday house party, 18-year-old Kim discovers that this gathering — with its mixture of alcohol, flirting, and teenage em...