17 minutes that'll make you paranoid about every gas station stop forever.
A couple's car runs out of fuel on a lonely country road. When the husband returns to his pregnant wife with the fuel, he's in for a deadly surprise.
Direction
Edgerton's precision timing—every second earns its dread.
Editing
Ruthless economy; no frame wasted before the gut-punch.
Director
Nash Edgerton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nash Edgerton made this as a calling card before becoming a sought-after stunt coordinator; his brother Joel (The Gift, Loving) appears in his other shorts.
Part of Australia's early-2000s horror renaissance alongside Wolf Creek, weaponizing the vast, hostile bush as psychological pressure cooker.
AU
