Your anxiety just got a body count and it's STUNNING.
When a young woman is overcome by panic, her mind transforms into a terrifying, dark world. She flees a devastating thundercloud that is hot on her heels and must overcome her fears to escape this nightmare.
Direction
Una Jongenelis voices the villain AND directs — unhinged multitasking.
Visual Effects
That thundercloud is a character with terrifying presence.
Sound
The rumble design will live in your nervous system.
Director
Una Jongenelis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lead actress Laila Schaap and director Una Jongenelis are real-life partners who channeled their own anxiety experiences into the project.
Part of a wave of 2020s animation using genre to explore mental health (Inside Out, Turning Red), but Thunderhead goes darker — no cute personifications here, just pure terror.
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