Be careful where you are drilling could be one of the messages of the horror short Dead Enders, which screens at this year’s SXSW Film Festival.
Fidel Ruiz-Healy and Tyler Walker’s film follows a disaffected gas station clerk, who is forced to battle mind-controlling parasites, that are unleashed from the nearby oil drilling site.
This is clearly a strange town, as no one seems to take a minor tremor seriously plus the local police are dealing pot to the manager of the gas station.
Maya is clearly unconcerned by her lack of direction, and despite her manager’s insistence, she’s not keen to get away, even with free beer.
Dead Enders boasts fantastic production value and fans of small-town monster horror such as Tremors, will lap this up. The script is also clever using our mind-controlling bugs as a metaphor for Maya’s struggle with moving on from this dead end existence.
Funny, gooey and thoroughly entertaining, Dead Enders is a winner.
Dead Enders screens as part SXSW Film Film Festival 2023.
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This looks really good, thank you for this post. I had no idea about this film, I am going to have to check it out, it sounds amazing.
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