Siblings Geoff and Rich Brewer have competed all their lives for parental affection, career ambitions, and romantic pursuits. Rich, the elder brother, always comes out on top leaving Geoff to struggle in his shadow. Tragedy strikes their family in a freak accident. In a panic, Geoff seeks out a backwoods cult rumored to have supernatural powers. The bumbling cult's ritual initially solves the problem, but it soon becomes apparent that they have unleashed a sinister force on their unsuspecting, Midwestern town.
Practical Effects
DIY cult aesthetic that makes incompetence genuinely unsettling.
Writing
Sibling rivalry so petty it competes with the actual apocalypse.
Director
Tyler Foreman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a micro-wave of 'Lovecraft but make it awkward' indie horror that emerged post-2020, rejecting cosmic dread for cosmic embarrassment.
The cult's musical number was shot in a single take after the actor playing Horatio insisted he could 'absolutely do choreography'—he could not, and they kept it.
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