Craig Tuohy’s feature debut, Everyone Is Going to Die, unfolds in a spare 82-minute runtime that refuses any escape routes. Released on VOD and in select theaters on February 21, 2025, this indie horror-thriller plants itself firmly within a single ultramodern country house. Tuohy wears both writer’s and director’s hats, guiding each frame toward a cohesion that recalls the tight storytelling of early French New Wave experiments.

Daniel (Brad Moore) greets his estranged daughter Imogen (Gledisa Arthur) for her 16th birthday, eager to mend their fractured bond. His sleek mansion—complete with floor-to-ceiling windows and sparse décor—becomes a crucible when two masked women, Comedy (Jaime Winstone) and Tragedy (Chiara D’Anna), crash what should have been a family reunion. Forced into a series of sadistic “games,” father and daughter discover that every ritual holds a deeper sting.

Composer Si Begg’s low-frequency drone settles in like a pulse, while...