Known for Directing
Alice Maio Mackay (born 4 August 2004) is an Australian filmmaker best known for writing and directing the 2023 queer horror films T Blockers and Satranic Panic. Since 2017, Maio Mackay has produced work under her own company, One Manner Productions. Many of her works are crowdfunded. After directing a string of short films, Maio Mackay's debut feature, So Vam, was released in 2021, followed by Bad Girl Boogey the next year. Her subsequent two features, T Blockers and Satranic Panic, premiered in 2023. Maio Mackay's fifth feature film was announced in May 2023. The title, Carnage for Christmas, was revealed that August. It released on May 4, 2024, at the Salem Horror Fest. Maio Mackay's made her on-screen acting debut in 2024 with Louise Weard's Castration Movie, playing the character of Alyssa.
Born
August 4, 2004 (age 22)
Birthplace
Adelaide, Australia
Filmography
41 films


Our Effed Up World
2026 · 1h 8m
country: Australia
Sheri thought her biggest problem in life was dealing with the recent loss of her beloved grandma. But when a mysterious entity crash lands in the woods, only she and her group of shitkicker friends are what stands in the way of an insatiable, intergalactic hunger.


The Serpent's Skin
2026 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Two young women form a romantic bond after discovering they have supernatural powers. Their insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their exes and begins feeding on their friends. As the bodies pile up, it becomes up to the women to face their pasts and stop the growing evil.


Carnage for Christmas
2024 · 1h 10m
country: Australia
It’s Christmas, so come with us on a blood-soaked sleigh ride to the conservative hometown of trans true-crime podcaster, Lola. Worried about the town’s reaction to her transition, Lola is ready to take on anyone this holiday season! However, she didn't expect that person to be a Santa masked killer - paying grisly homage to the town’s own haunted legend, The Toymaker. Now Lola - who has her own connection to the original Toymaker murders - must put an end to these gruesome murders.


Satranic Panic
2023 · 1h 20m
country: Australia
When Max, trans queen Aria’s found brother and the love of artist Jay’s life, is ruthlessly slaughtered by a shadowy cult in a ritual to summon a cadre of demons, Aria and Jay will follow a mysterious note promising answers and hit the road. Together they will slay the demons that oppose them, perform at drag gigs, make uncertain allies, and uncover a conspiracy of prejudice and self-hatred that leads closer to home than they’d ever imagined.


T Blockers
2023 · 1h 12m
country: Australia
When ancient parasites rise from beneath a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible as hosts, a young trans filmmaker finds herself the only one who can sense the possessed, and rally the resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.


Howl of the Werewolf
2022 · 16m
country: Australia
A promising young playwright rents a cabin in the woods to write his new play, but the howls of wolves on heat won’t let him sleep a wink. When the handsome landlord comes to visit, the heat in the cabin rises too, but not all of the wolves are outside tonight.


Bad Girl Boogey
2022 · 1h 20m
country: Australia
A wearer of a parasitic mask with black magic sheds blood on Halloween. 16 years later, a killer with the same profile slaughters Angel's friend, who then must fight fear, overcome personal struggles and unmask the murderer before someone else dies.


So Vam
2021 · 1h 13m
country: Australia
After being kidnapped by a predatory old vampire, Kurt becomes part of a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a vampire he finally knows empowerment and belonging, but his maker is still out there and until Kurt faces the monster, he will never truly be free. But this time he won’t face it alone.


The Serpent's Nest
2021 · 28m
country: Australia
When Sofia, a non-binary teenager, moves to a new town, they aren’t counting on acceptance, and the last thing they expect to find is love. Rebellious and confident, Jen seems to be exactly what Sofia needs, but as they are drawn deeper and deeper into a world of punk, drugs and black magic, they will learn that bad love has a terrible cost: their life.


Boys Night
2021 · 1h 15m
country: Australia
Bouncing around from genre to genre, this stellar collection of 6 short films from Mattioli Productions showcases some of the most cutting edge recent gay cinema from the United States and Australia. Sit back, relax and get ready to make it a BOYS NIGHT. The short films are: Hopelessly (2018); Innocent Boy (2020); Mass (2020); Miles (2017); Sacrifice (2018); Tooth 4 Tooth (2020).


Tooth 4 Tooth
2020 · 14m
country: Australia
While investigating the murder of a friend, a drag artist and an activist find themselves caught in an old war between those who feed on the blood of the fearful and those who feed on the blood of the hateful.


A Tale of the Laundry Game
2020 · 16m
country: Australia
A night ride, a few beers with an old friend, memories of better times. One seemingly ordinary drive reveals the dark truths of men’s past and a sinister web of strange events.