Amy Seimetz couldn’t believe the timing of her film She Dies Tomorrow to the world today.

The film features a contagious virus that spreads the sense of hopelessness and anxiety amongst the populace. Anyone in contact with this contagion will enter the depressed state of mind.

It stars Kate Lyn Sheil (V/H/S, Equals), Jane Adams (Happiness, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Kentucker Audley (V/H/S, Team Picture), Kate Aselton (The Freebie, The Gift), Chris Messina (Away We Go, Argo), Tunde Adebimpe (Rachel Getting Married, Never Back Down), Jennifer Kim (The Bourne Legacy, Mozart in the Jungle), Olivia Taylor Dudley (The Magicians, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension), Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar, The Fast and the Furious), Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Sweet Home Alabama), and Adam Wingard (V/H/S, You’re Next).

Here’s the synopsis of the film:

After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow, Amy’s carefully mended life begins to unravel. As her delusions of certain death become contagious to those around her, Amy and her friends’ lives spiral out of control in a tantalizing descent into madness.

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LRM Online exclusive spoke with director/writer Amy Seimetz on a Zoom video conference call. We discussed the origin of the story and the timing of the film with the pandemic today.

Seimetz started her career with short films by producing, directing, and acting. Her first feature film directing project was with a horror-comedy Sun Don’t Shine in 2012. She directed episodes in the television series of The Girlfriend Experience and Atlanta. On the acting side, she played numerous roles over the years, including as Rachel in the Pet Sematary remake, Jinny in the Get Shorty television series, as Becky Ives in Netflix’s Stranger Things, and as Faris in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant.

She Dies Tomorrow plays in select drive-in theaters and available On Demand today.

Watch the exclusive interview below and let us know what you think.

Source: LRM Online Exclusive, NEON