The Flacalta Effect | Horror Short Film | ALTER

Subscribe to ALTER on YouTube: https://goo.gl/LnXRC3 🔥 This horror is scripted. Your goosebumps are not. After a drug with anti-aging properties turns some users into zombies, two Black sisters fight for their lives—and looks—in this satirical take on toxic beauty culture. "The Flacalta Effect" by Rochée Jeffrey #ALTER #horror #shortfilm Connect with the Filmmakers: https://www.iamrochee.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rocheejeffrey/ More About "The Flacalta Effect": Keesha and Toya are Black sisters whose house is being infiltrated by the undead. Keesha and Toya couldn’t be more different. Keesha's hardened to the world because of everything she’s experienced as a Black woman in America and has no desire to fight to escape. Toya, an open-hearted optimist, believes that if they survive this zombie attack, they may live to see a better world. All they have to do is kill a couple of zombies, not murder each other in the process, and maybe they’ll survive… Maybe. Director's Statement: Dystopian films love to end the world, but they rarely interrogate who that world ever belonged to in the first place. They imagine a future where race disappears, instead of one where its consequences evolve. Through Keesha and Toya, this film centers the conversations many people of color are already having: if the system was never built for us, what exactly are we fighting to protect? Layered into that is a culture addicted to youth and beauty—so much so that it’s willing to destroy itself to maintain the illusion of both. "The Flacalta Effect" Credits: Director: Rochée Jeffrey Producer: Ebony Hardin & Takara Joseph Screenwriter: Rochée Jeffrey Cinematographer: Phillip Jackson Composer: SassyBlack Editor: Angela Latimer Executive Producer: David Arquette, Christina Arquette, Kerry Ann Roschman, Bente Engelstoft, Ginna Le Vine Co-Producer: Lucy Stutz, Virdina Gibbs Cast: Rochée Jeffrey Tristina Lee About ALTER: 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 About Gunpowder + Sky: Creating content that resonates and impacts pop culture conversation, by empowering creators to take risks and experiment relentlessly in the pursuit of novel stories and formats.