Watch a Clip From St. Vincent’s Film 'The Birthday Party'

A mother stares down a panda in Annie Clark’s scene from the horror anthology *XX*

By Noah Yoo.

St. Vincent’s directorial debut, The Birthday Party, is in theaters and on-demand today. The short film, which is part of the horror anthology XX, depicts an 8-year-old’s birthday party gone awry. Today, in conjunction with the release, St. Vincent has shared a clip from the film. In it, kids are dressed up in costumes (there’s a toilet and a dolphin, among others) while a mother has a stare-down with a panda. Watch it below.

Read our interview with St. Vincent about The Birthday Party on the Pitch.

This story originally appeared on Pitchfork.

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