Divine Hammer

Two maladapted young women, both part of the same internet gore enthusiast community, formulate a plan to meet in person with the intent that one will kill the other, film the killing, and then sell the cameras that “watched” to unsuspecting customers online in the hopes of ushering in a “new era of death.”

Inspired in equal parts by mumblecore, shot-on-video horror, and a deep unease formed by the internet’s mass syndication of violence, Divine Hammer is the debut feature by the M. Sisters, the multimedia duo of Mae and Hazel M.

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Kyle Logan, The Chicago Reader

“An astounding debut film that’s aesthetically, narratively, and (perhaps most exciting of all) tonally unique.”

Willow Catelyn Maclay, author, Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema

“I would love if queer/trans cinema headed in the direction that Divine Hammer proposes… I was enthralled with where it took me, and I'm excited for others to go on that journey.”

Ben Kaye, Cine-File

“Filmed on low-resolution miniDV cameras, the imagery on display is jaw-dropping in its simultaneously expansive and intimate scope, using outdated tools to capture Sheetz parking lots, old camp sites, and scummy apartments with clarity and purpose and heart. Divine Hammer, by logline alone, is not for the faint of heart, but the open-hearted, communal spirit lying under the rot of it all is a gift that keeps on giving.”

Justin Decloux, Writer, Director, Author, Gold Ninja Video

“DIVINE HAMMER is absolutely joyous, and ends up being a film about how charming people whose minds have been cooked by the modern world can still come together, find their passions in the ways they least expect, and just DO THIS.”