A Good Death | Horror Short Film | ALTER

Subscribe to ALTER on YouTube: https://goo.gl/LnXRC3 🔥 This horror is scripted. Your goosebumps are not. When devoted death doula, Amalia arrives at the home of her new clients, she immediately begins to suspect that something is very very wrong. "A Good Death" by Kaz PS Connect with the Filmmakers: https://www.instagram.com/shinysawsfilms/ https://filmcarnage.com/2025/08/06/review-a-good-death/ https://www.leagueoffilmmakers.com/a-good-death-brings-high-femme-gothic-horror-to-hollyshorts/ Director's Statement: A few years back, while at a girlfriend's birthday party, I started chatting with a woman and when the inevitable "so what do you do?" question came up, she revealed that she was a death doula. I had read about this radically compassionate practice, but never had a chance to speak with a practitioner, so with her permission, I proceeded to pick her brain about what this vocation entailed. But as she told me about this work, of arriving open-hearted into the thick of a family's worse nightmare— preparing to lose a loved one— what struck me most was how vulnerable these mostly women are making themselves in these situations, and how easily they could be exploited, coerced or worse by a ill-intentioned actor. This all dovetailed with my long standing conviction that when it comes to grief, the only way out is through, and further that any attempt to dodge or deflect the difficult process of grieving will only make the pain come back tenfold. For Amalia our death doula, the work of giving people "a good death" allows her to avoid confronting her trauma surrounding her own mother's "bad" one. But this tunnel vision of purpose means that she misses some clear red flags surrounding her arrival and work with Tabitha and Gertrude, and what eventually befalls Amalia is far worse than any healthy grieving process could ever have been. "A Good Death" Credits: Writer/ Director - Kaz PS Producer - Philip Berger Line Producer - Cameron Fife Cinematographer - Adrian Peng Correia Production Designer - Adri Siriwatt Editor - Sasha Tomasky Costume Desigher - Cassidy Kean Score - Vaaal Sound Design - Torrel Alexis VFX/ Titles - Efrain Perez CGI - Casey McClain Cast - Tracie Thoms Stefanie Estes Jenny O'Hara About ALTER: #ALTER #horror #shortfilm ALTER is an ever-expanding platform for the most daring storytellers in the world of horror. We are a home, community and launching pad for our filmmakers. Slip into the dark, disturbing corners of cutting-edge horror. Beyond our longstanding presence on YouTube, ALTER also operates a free streaming tv channel available on DIRECTV, Sling, CW, LG, Plex, Samsung TV+, Tubi, & TLC+. Learn how to watch ALTER on TV: https://linktr.ee/watchalter Submit your short films here: https://filmfreeway.com/alterdustsubmissions NOTE: Only completed horror shorts will be considered. Unsolicited scripts or pitches will be immediately deleted without review. Watch more: https://goo.gl/yvB7EM Follow us on Facebook: https://goo.gl/X4LhGr Follow us on Instagram: https://goo.gl/G6W7zn Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_alter