The Thing Inside Her

2026
 / Surreal Comedy Horror

As the hormones from her recently removed IUD wear off, a woman realizes the horrifying truth about her boyfriend—he’s a giant slug.

Crew & Cast

DIRECTOR(S) / Jacki Gunn, Della Haddock
WRITER(S) / Jacki Gunn
LEAD PRODUCER(S) / Lizzi Pedersen
PRODUCER(S) / Patrick Tozer

Filmmaker Bios

Jacki Gunn

Director / Writer

Jacki Gunn is an actor, writer, comedian, and emerging director with over a decade of experience across multiple film departments. She has appeared on screen in projects for Netflix, AMC, Hulu, and HBO Max and is a mainstage ensemble member at The Improv Centre (alumni include Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles), where she created, co-directed and co-produced the hit shows Back to the Holidays and Tis the Sitcom. In 2025, she served as a BC Culture Days Ambassador, completing a writing mentorship to further develop her storytelling. Her work aims to emotionally validate people who feel deeply.

Della Haddock

Director

Della Haddock is a comedian and screenwriter with varied experience across the Canadian screen industry. An alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre, she’s been a Reelworld Emerging 20 series writer, a Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices fellow, a Whistler Screenwriters Lab resident, and has worked as a Script Coordinator and Story Editor. You can catch her performing as a Mainstage cast member at The Improv Centre, or teaching classes with Blind Tiger Comedy.

Lizzi Pedersen

Lead Producer

Lizzi Pedersen is a Vancouver-based Set Decorator and IATSE 891 member with over a decade of film and television experience. Her credits include Scrubs (Disney), Murder in a Small Town (FOX), Pamela’s Cooking with Love (Food Network), Riverdale (The CW), and Yellowjackets (NBC), where she crafts visually rich, story-driven environments. Having worked her way through every role in set decoration, she brings a grounded, collaborative, detail-focused approach to each production. When she’s not on a series, Lizzi puts her energy into writing, developing, and creating films. She believes great storytelling lives in the details.

Patrick Tozer

Producer

Patrick is a CSA nominated Producer and an active member of the DGC, where he also works as a Production Manager in Vancouver. He served as the Supervising Producer on LOWLIFES which made the Letterboxd list of “Top 50 Horror Films of 2024“. Patrick is presently producing the Chinese-Canadian musical, RAGS 2 RICHMOND, scheduled to wrap principal photography at the end of 2025.

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