Dolly director has two upcoming films: the found footage feature Hedges and an expansion of his short film Alone Time

Director Rod Blackhurst's Dolly was one of the buzziest horror films of the last year. In 2025, it played the film festival circuit, and it's now available to stream on Shudder. Dolly is a throwback to 70s-era grindhouse movies. It features a killer who dresses up like a doll, unleashing gnarly and brutal kills, but not without doses of humor and sheer absurdity.

Horror fans won't have to wait very long for Rod Blackhurst's next movies. The director unveiled a new teaser trailer and poster for his forthcoming found footage movie Hedges on his social media accounts. The description for Hedges reads, "A man secretly records his wife as she loses her grip on reality. But the cameras reveal more than expected." Currently, Hedges doesn't have a release date, but in that same post, Blackhurst promised that it's coming soon.

As part of the teaser and poster reveal for Hedges, Blackhurst also cited The Poughkeepsie Tapes and Noroi as influences, and he wrote on Facebook, "I like found footage that feels possible, like it really could happen, with a reason why the footage {aka evidence) came to exist and why it's been presented to us now in this form." In that same post he added that he had the actors live in a house for two weeks. Everything they experienced and did was captured on camera.

Check out the teaser for Hedges.

Besides Hedges, Blackhurst is working on a feature-length adaptation of his viral short film Alone Time. Deadline reported this week that Witchcraft Motion Picture Company has moved forward with the film. The short was originally directed and produced by Blackhurst and written by David Ebeloft. It debuted online in 2012 and has gained millions of views across YouTube and Vimeo.

The short film follows Ann Saunders. She's a young New York professional whose life starts to unravel after a devastating personal loss. The official synopsis reads, "Seeking refuge from a collapsing relationship, a deteriorating family situation, and mounting emotional trauma, Ann reluctantly joins her closet friend on a remote camping trip deep in the Adirondack wilderness. When her friend mysteriously disappears, Ann becomes convinced that an unseen figure is stalking her through the forest. What begins as a survival nightmare slowly transforms into something far more disturbing as fractured memories, conflicting realities, and hidden truths force Ann to confront the possibility that the greatest threat may not be lurking in the woods at all, but buried deep within her own psyche."

In a statement that Blackhurst gave to Deadline, he noted that Alone Time has followed him for over a decade, and he added, “What began as a short film about isolation and the weight of life now feels more relevant than ever. The original short found its audience organically online long before that was considered a legitimate path for filmmakers. Bringing it to life as a feature allows us to explore those themes on a much larger and more psychologically unsettling canvas.”

For now, check out the short film Alone Time below.

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