

Seven minutes of black-and-white dread that'll make you side-eye every wheat field.
A young person finds themselves chased by a mysterious presence in rural Eastern Washington
Cinematography
Grainy monochrome turns wheat fields into abstract horror.
Sound
Minimalist audio design that weaponizes silence and wind.
Direction
Willard squeezes feature-film dread into seven tight minutes.
Director
Noah Willard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eastern Washington's Palouse region has become an unlikely indie horror hotspot — its rolling hills and agricultural isolation evoke the same unease as 1970s British folk horror.
The 7-minute runtime was a deliberate constraint; Willard wanted to prove economic storytelling beats bloated studio horror.