Directed by Elric Kane
Written by Elric Kane & Webb Wilcoxen
Produced by Matt Mercer, Monte Yazzie, Rebekah McKendry and Ian Brownell
Written by Elric Kane & Webb Wilcoxen
Produced by Matt Mercer, Monte Yazzie, Rebekah McKendry and Ian Brownell
The Dead Thing premiered at the 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival and was acquired for distribution by AMC/Shudder for a North American release in February of 2025.
Starring: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen, Katherine Hughes, John Karna, and Joey Millin.
Cinematographer: Ioana Vasila
Costume Designer: Parker Jesse Chase
Production Designer: Graham Hart
Score by Michael Krassner and Robin Vining
Cinematographer: Ioana Vasila
Costume Designer: Parker Jesse Chase
Production Designer: Graham Hart
Score by Michael Krassner and Robin Vining
During its 2024 film festival run, The Dead Thing was awarded Best Performance for Blu Hunt at the Brookyln Horror Film Festival and Most Original Movie at The Electricdreams International Film Festival.
"Elric Kane’s feature is unique in the way it merges online dating and paranormal activity to allegorise the twin needs for connection and distance that characterise our compartmentalised urban lives in the digital age. Here all of Los Angeles is shot to look like a crepuscular underworld, where it is hard to tell the living from the dead.."
- Anton Bitel