Casting "May The Devil Take You," a 7-10-minute fictional senior thesis short film in the undergraduate Media Arts & Culture Department at Occidental College. It is a genre-bending work, breaking down horror tropes to explore notions of morality, community, and agency.
Synopsis:
When a demon forges an unexpected connection with the girl offered to her as sacrifice, she realizes what is tying her to the living realm and can finally set herself free. In a small conservative community, the unexpected death of the town's priest unravels into a sacrifice supposedly meant to protect against demonic influence but secretly being done to uphold patriarchal and heteronormative standards. "May The Devil Take You" breaks down the sacrificial horror trope to subvert audience expectations and reflect on social anxieties surrounding female agency and queer desire.