Mommy blogger meets The Shining in 16 minutes of escalating chaos.
After putting her lucrative writing career on hold to raise her daughter—with little help from her feckless husband—Aiden finally has the opportunity to get back to work and showrun a new installment in the TV franchise that put her on the map. As she struggles to meet her looming deadline, pressure mounts, toxic family dynamics arise, and Aiden’s frustration builds to a breaking point.
Acting
Clarke Wolfe's unraveling is uncomfortably real and darkly funny.
Direction
Tight economy—every second of 16 minutes earns its keep.
Writing
The Shining homage that actually says something new.
Director
Clarke Wolfe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's double meaning references both Kubrick's masterpiece and the impossible standard of 'shining' as a mother-creator.
Director Clarke Wolfe is a horror host and former Nerdist personality who crowdfunded this as her directorial debut.
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