A Desert
Feature Film • 2024 • IMDb
Role: Production Designers
Dir. Joshua Erkman
Written by Joshua Erkman & Bossi Baker
With Yellow Veil Pictures
A photographer's road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
Starring: David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind, Zachary Ray Sherman, Ashley B. Smith, Rob Zabrecky
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Cinematographer: Jay Keitel
Costume Designer: Claire Redman
Editor: Star Rosencrans
Score by Ty Segall
Filmed in the California desert
Premiering at Tribeca
Press
A Desert (Tribeca 2024) Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
All of this is brought to life by an expert crew working in perfect harmony, with particular note to Jay Keitel’s bruising cinematography, Star Rosencrans’s anxiety-inducing editing, and Courtney and Hillary Andujar’s extraordinary production design (the latter especially surely a character in its own right, and a key aspect that grants the film its indelible, lingering mental imprint).
The Wild Horror Film That’s Shocking the Tribeca Film Festival • The Daily Beast
The directorial debut from Joshua Erkman burrows underneath your skin like a virus (or a curse). The chilling feature is the one to watch at this year’s festival.
Dusty Neo-Noir Collides with Unpredictable, Violent Horror • Bloody Disgusting
Its richly textured world and morally complex characters ensure an unpredictable voyage worth taking.
Decaying Americana Frames a Surreal Neo-Noir About the Evil That Forms in Empty Spaces • IndieWire
This Modern Horror Western Rips Apart the Body and Soul • Collider
... a horror film with striking visuals that become increasingly petrifying and profound.