

A creature born in an abandoned mattress travels around the country feasting on its victims’ vertebrae, struggling to break free from the bed, the mold, and its past.
Practical Effects
Gloriously gross fungal creature effects on a microbudget.
Direction
Park Sye-young's confident visual storytelling without exposition.
Acting
Moon Hye-in's physical performance inside monster prosthetics.

Director
Park Sye-young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire film was shot in actual abandoned buildings across rural South Korea, with the mattress creature built from practical materials costing under $200.
The title references a Korean folk belief that the fifth thoracic vertebra holds the soul's connection to ancestral burden—Park Sye-young discovered this in interviews with elderly rural women.
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