Horror Short Film "I Could Just Die, and That Would Be All Right" | Content Warning

Director's Statement:
I have a soft spot for misunderstood animals. I wanted to portray the process of clawing one’s way out of depression by any means necessary as a deeply animalistic instinct, but an instinct that might only be triggered by a miracle–or a curse.

The script was my attempt to verbalize the dread-filled pit in my gut that deep down, I recognized as suicidal ideation, which manifested as The Bonecat—a cryptid from the eerie forests and marshes on the Georgia Fall Line where I grew up.

The Runner is a misunderstood animal herself—a woman of color isolated in white suburbia, overwhelmed by chronic pain, burned by previous medical intervention, compelled to lick her wounds in secret.

Even when society advocates for s*icide prevention, it's taboo to speak openly about personal struggles. But I've learned if we don’t dredge it up, name it, and drag it into the light so it can heal, it will fester. I want to drive genre conventions like a wedge between an audience and their deeply-held beliefs, to crawl under their skin and plant seeds for discourse.

I COULD JUST DIE is for anyone who's managed to claw their way out of s*icidal thoughts, and for those who didn't make it out alive.

"I Could Just Die, and That Would Be All Right" Credits:
Director of Photography - Alexandra Bock
Gaffer - John Robertson
Editor - Christopher Carson
Composer - Dan Carey Bailey
Costume Designer- Emily Erdelyan
Casting Director - Marlo Tiede
Script Supervisor - Elizabeth Potter
Propmaster - Chelsea McClinton
Set Decorator - Alicia Marchand
Colorist - Ryan H. Berger
Sound Designer - Adrian Bosi
VO/ADR Engineer - Dawson Bryant
Foley Artist - Sergo Tutberidze
Ronin Operator/1st AC - Joe Brady
2nd AC - Anh Vu
Assistant Propmaster - Jesse Howard
Assistant Costume Designer - Cheryn Moore
Sound Mixers/Boom Ops - Casey Wasmund, Matt Meade
Best Boy Electric - Joey Sisk
Key Grips - Hagen Mattingly, Nathan Rigaud
Best Boy Grip - Jason Tran
G&E Swings - Russell Kiel, Jessica Swinney, William Schuster
Leadman - Alex Mangia
Creature Concept Design - Diana Robertson
Creature FX Artist - Oliver Kasiske
SFX Makeup Artist - Tatiana Hayton
Key Makeup Artist - Monique Van Den Brink
Production Assistants - Dana Sokolowski, Javier Gonzales, Timothy Cho, David Tabor
VFX Artists - Eugene Vernikov, Igor Burgstaller, Wilhends Norvil
Webmaster - Will Slaughter

Cast:
Courtney Locke
Chris Mayers
Michelle Agresti
Adam Volerich
Hannah Alline