Monsters, Genre Hybrids
The Thing That Drifted Ashore
2023
Suffering makes for the best spectacle
Directed by José Luis Perpuli
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What would you be willing to do for fifteen minutes of fame? This is the question at the heart of "The Thing That Drifted Ashore" a horror short film that explores our strange addiction to spectacle through the story of Martin, a young cinematographer in search of fame and glory, that joins a group of amateur filmmakers, who while shooting a short film in a remote mexican beach make a spectacular discovery. Unfortunately, this brings out the worst in everyone, and soon Martin will find himself in a life or death situation from which he must escape.
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- Director
- José Luis Perpuli
- Written by
- José Luis Perpuli
- Produced by
- Frida Tlacuilo
- Cinematographer
- Oscar Nuño
- Editor
- José Luis Perpuli
- Sound Designer
- Ferdinando Sainz
- Studio
- Seafilms Productions
- Origin country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 19m
- Language
- es
Released October 4, 2023·La cosa que derivó en la bahía·$3,346 budget

