Ding... You're Dead
2019 · 5m · United States
Directed by Jay Salahi
Genres: comedy, dark comedy, horror
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
A negligent housesitter is stalked by a malevolent flesh-eating microwave.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A flesh-eating microwave as the true antagonist—not a twist, not a metaphor, just a committed absurdist premise that refuses to wink at the camera or apologize for itself. This is the kind of genuinely weird shit that makes everyone else uncomfortable, which is exactly why it works.
The film's tonal restraint is its strongest formal choice; it resists the easy descent into parody that this premise invites, instead maintaining a deadpan horror-comedy register that demands precise editing and performance discipline.
The decision to treat the microwave threat with complete narrative seriousness—never letting it become a joke about itself—is what elevates this from a concept into something with actual stakes and texture.
Reviews
Jay Salahi's horror-comedy *Ding… You're Dead* is a paradise for 20-somethings on crack. With generally low stakes creative choices, while the film does make you laugh, it does not evade the audience that a lot more could have been done with the premise.