Seventeen minutes. One church. Zero faith. Maximum dread.
A faithless pastor is haunted by the sins of his past during a single night in the sanctuary.
Cinematography
Surreal shadows that swallow the frame whole.
Acting
Mendes carries collapse in every micro-expression.
Sound
Negative space becomes its own character.
Director
Ethan T. Allison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in an actual deconsecrated church in rural Louisiana, the production had one night and a $3K budget.
Mendes and Pingilley improvised their final confrontation after the original script felt too theatrical.
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