Alice Lowe, filmmaker behind Prevenge and Timestalker, is diving deeper into genre territory with two new projects, including a horror take on Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The second project, Sprites, is a dark comedy horror following a little girl navigating the strange world of a girl guide group. Lowe will write, direct, and star in both films.

Shakespeare’s original comedy centers on the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon queen Hippolyta, set in a magical woodland filled with mischievous fairies and tangled romances. Lowe, however, sees the story through a darker, more unsettling lens.

“I wanted to make a classic, and it struck me that Midsummer Night’s Dream, which I know so well, is always made the same way over and over. It’s genuinely funny, but also fey and fairies and blah blah blah. I don’t see why it couldn’t be revisited with how terrifying and odd everything is, and how the undercurrents are actually so dark and strange,” Lowe told Deadline.

Comedy also drives Lowe’s original feature, Sprites, which draws on her own experiences growing up in the early 1980s.

“The film is partly autobiographical. The 80s were a time of rapid change, a shift from trust in authority, community, and religion toward something more individual and formless. It was confusing—because I was a child—but also a liminal period. You only have to look at Jimmy Savile and how he slipped through the cracks to see the perception and culture shift happening,” Lowe explained.

Both projects are part of a two-picture deal with UK production company Western Edge Pictures, promising a blend of dark humor, psychological twists, and unsettling horror. Gore fans should definitely stay tuned.