Say You're Sorry
2025 · 13m · United States
Directed by Justin Floyd
Genres: dark comedy, drama, fantasy
Tones: dark, darkly comic, theatrical
Estranged sisters return to their childhood home to face their cruel father, and their desire for his death summons a sinister creature that grants murderous wishes.
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A wish-granting creature summoned by patricidal rage is exactly the kind of premise that makes people uncomfortable in the best way—dark comedy that doesn't flinch, fantasy that serves real family pathology, the kind of film that makes you laugh and then immediately feel guilty about it.
Floyd's theatrical tone and tonal control are striking, blending genre registers with the precision of someone aware of how horror and dramedy can occupy the same frame, though the execution leans heavier on invention than the architectural restraint that separates memorable shorts from clever ones.
The decision to literalize the sisters' unspoken wish through a creature—letting fantasy become the emotional shorthand instead of dialogue—is where this works; that single choice of abstraction over explanation gives a 13-minute film room to breathe.