Short film
Dead End
2025 · 8 min
A short, haunting loop of grief and hallucination that presses you into the same ache again and again.
- Directed by
- Jaylene Vasquez
- Starring
- Christopher Chico, Leila Lopez, Mason Louie
- Tagline
- YOU DON'T WAKE UP FROM PUNISHMENT.
- Overview
- After witnessing his best friend Alex’s death in a tragic accident, fifteen-year-old Michael finds himself trapped in a time loop of the same day, each reset bringing more pain, hallucinations, and impossible choices — until he realizes the only way out may be to stop trying to fix the past and accept the one thing he fears most: letting go.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Grief, death, trauma, memory
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jaylene Vasquez
- Starring
- Christopher Chico, Leila Lopez, Mason Louie