Aislinn Clarke

Directing

Aislinn Clarke

Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Aislinn Clarke is an Irish filmmaker. She is best known for directing the horror films The Devil's Doorway (2018) and Fréwaka (2024).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Fréwaka poster
6.9

Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.

Fréwaka

2025

Fréwaka poster
6.9

Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.

Fréwaka

2025

The Devil's Doorway poster
5.6

In the autumn of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.

The Devil's Doorway

2018

The Devil's Doorway poster
5.6

In the autumn of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.

The Devil's Doorway

2018

Eye Exam poster
7.0

A woman goes in for a routine eye exam and discovers her optometrist might have nefarious intentions.

Eye Exam

2020

Childer poster
6.1

An introverted mother's worst fears are amplified when she is seemingly stalked by the children living in the woods surrounding her home.

Childer

2017

Childer poster
6.1

An introverted mother's worst fears are amplified when she is seemingly stalked by the children living in the woods surrounding her home.

Childer

2017

Hellish Nell poster
NR

The story of Helen Duncan, who became the last woman ever to be tried for witchcraft in Britain in 1933.

Hellish Nell

In the Darkroom poster
NR

A young man has problems letting his recently-deceased wife go.

In the Darkroom

2013

No artwork available
NR

A trio of one-scene ultra-short horror films about the childhood terrors that continue to haunt us in adulthood.

Short Sharp Shocks

2015

No artwork available
NR

A trio of one-scene ultra-short horror films about the childhood terrors that continue to haunt us in adulthood.

Short Sharp Shocks

2015

No artwork available
NR

A trio of one-scene ultra-short horror films about the childhood terrors that continue to haunt us in adulthood.

Short Sharp Shocks

2015

Doineann poster
6.0

When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.

Doineann

2021

The Lighthouse Keepers poster
NR

A pair of lighthouse keepers, father and son, meet a sorry fate in isolation while carrying out their duty.

The Lighthouse Keepers

2012

The Lighthouse Keepers poster
NR

A pair of lighthouse keepers, father and son, meet a sorry fate in isolation while carrying out their duty.

The Lighthouse Keepers

2012