22 minutes of pure existential dread that'll make you call your mom. Maybe.
Refusing to go see her dying Mother, Renee tries to avoid the inevitability of death, as an overwhelming terror takes over her mind.
Acting
Jazlyn Yoder's trembling, trapped-in-her-own-skin performance.
Direction
Pinero squeezes maximum dread from minimal runtime.
Director
Christopher Pinero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 22-minute runtime mirrors actual panic attacks—compact, relentless, feeling endless. Horror shorts often hit harder than features because they deny you the relief of adaptation.
The film taps into a specifically feminine horror: the daughter who can't become the caregiver, the mother who dies before reconciliation. It's 'The Babadook' grief logic in compressed form.
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