A 9-minute gut-punch about chronic pain that'll wreck you more than most Oscar bait.
A genre-heavy exploration of invisible illness (specifically: Ankylosing Spondylitis), as Zach struggles to accept that his disability is with him for life.
Writing
Horror tropes weaponized to show medical gaslighting.
Direction
Kornfeld turns his own diagnosis into visceral cinema.
Acting
Self-portrait with zero vanity, maximum vulnerability.
Director
Zach Kornfeld
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kornfeld filmed this during a genuine AS flare-up, using his actual MRI scans and medical records.
Part of a wave of disabled creators rejecting 'inspiration porn' for messy, angry, genre-fluid storytelling.
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