Age: 58
female
Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
In a remote Appalachian town, a defrocked priest is called to investigate the church at the heart of a growing mystery. The parishioners claim to witness miraculous healings and visions of a divine presence, but the priest soon uncovers a darker truth. Beneath the altar lies the body of Elarin, a long-dead woman venerated as a saint, her corpse miraculously preserved. The town's unshakable devotion to her rituals and the eerie miracles they claim to experience lead him down a path of spiritual horror, revealing that Elarin was no holy figure — but a vengeful spirit, born from betrayal and twisted by time. As the priest unravels the secrets of the church, he becomes entangled in a final, forbidden ritual that will either seal her power forever or unleash her fully. Hollow-Blessed is a chilling tale of faith, sacrifice, and the monstrous transformation of belief.
