A couple move to the countryside looking for a new beginning. But a mysterious mirror turns everything inside out. A young care worker agrees to care for a dying man, only to stumble unto secrets that refuse to stay hidden. A musician struggling with writer's block is haunted by his own muse and a psychologist starts losing her grip on reality following a harrowing accident.

Four separate yet interconnected chapters, each of them a contemporary horror-adaptation of a story by Hans Christian Andersen, tell four stories about fate and acceptance, about love and loss.

Made on a budget of 70.000 EURO, ADORABLE HUMANS is an anthology film made in close collaboration between its four directors, looking to shine a new light on Denmark's most beloved author and showcase the darker side of Hans Christian Andersen.

Director Statement

This project was born out of a number of motivating factors. For one, the idea of collaborating with other directors was intriguing to all of us. ADORABLE HUMANS is not a typical horror-anthology, produced by isolated hubs resulting in wildly varying chapters. Instead this film was a collaboration from the very beginning.

Even though each chapter was written and directed by a different director, everybody was in contact from the start. We gave each other feedback on scripts, we worked on tying the stories together and were in constant dialogue during production and post-production. Because we wanted to create a cohesive film, the decision was also made early on to have key crew members work across the whole film. As such the film may have four directors, but it only has two DOP's, one sound designer, one composer and one colorist.

A second thing was the opportunity to deep dive into the work of H.C. Andersen. There's a fascinating dark side to the scribe that is often overlooked, both here in Denmark and abroad. Coinciding with the 150 year anniversary of Andersen's death, it felt like the right time to explore this aspect of Andersen's work and maybe open a few minds to the fact that Denmark's most famous author was way more than a writer of fairy tales for children.