‘The Pearl Comb’ Filmmaker Ali Cook On The Desire To Create A “Terrifying” Mermaid Tale

In addition to landing the shortlist, the 21-minute short film has taken home awards for Best Short Film at the Cleveland ...
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Ali Cook’s ‘The Pearl Comb’ Sets Festivals Ablaze, Positioning Live Action Short As 2026’s Dark Horse

Ali Cook’s The Pearl Comb arrives at a moment when genre filmmaking feels increasingly bloated, reminding audiences that horror, intelligent horror, still has the capacity to be intimate, layered, and ...
Variety

Ali Cook on His Directorial Debut ‘The Pearl Comb’: It’s a ‘Drama, Not Just a Horror Tale’

The Little Mermaid” it is not. “The Pearl Comb,” the haunting, occasionally chilling, deftly polemical directorial debut of British actor and writer Ali Cook, is a short film set in an English coastal ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

This Oscar-eligible movie has gained international acclaim. See it in Fort Worth

Ali Cook called in more than a few favors to create his new short movie “The Pearl Comb,” which screens at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Oct 31, at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and again at 9 p.m. at the ...
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Ali Cook's 'The Pearl Comb' sets festivals ablaze, positioning live action short as 2026's dark horse

Ali Cook's The Pearl Comb arrives at a moment when genre filmmaking feels increasingly bloated, reminding audiences that horror, intelligent horror, still has the capacity to be intimate, layered, and ...