Short film

Infection

2026 · 10 min

A tight, slowly suffocating office nightmare where ambition curdles into dread and every polite smile hides something contagious.

Tagline: Work is a disease.
Overview: An ambitious office worker suspects her boss’s mysterious illness may be contagious. With a promotion within reach, she faces a choice between professional advancement and the person she wants to remain.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and cynical. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, corruption, morality, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
corruption
morality
identity
work
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: James Kicklighter
Written by: Chelsea Franklin, Faleb Lindo, Fanny Gallegos, Matthew Miller
Starring: Isabel Adele Brown, Daniel Williams-Lopez, Lisa Partridge, Yenay Cuevas, Christopher Bates
Music: Nicolas Repetto
Cinematography: Jonathan Pope
Runtime: 10 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English