HEMET, OR THE LANDLADY DON'T DRINK TEA

A tyrannical landlady lords it over her tenants during an epidemic, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.

Behind the Scenes

Filming in Ramona, California

”Hemet hints at racial undertones and portrays those in power slowly turning on one another. [...] There is an underlying strong message wrapped up in witty quips.”

- Morbidly Beautiful

”There’s something curiously dated about the whole concept: bath-salts zombies and COVID now largely occupy the same state in the collective consciousness of, “Oh, yeah: I remember it. That shit was cray-zee…” But the combination works for a scenario which consciously is not concerned with trying to take place in the “real” world, so much as be a parable. Albeit one which takes wild, swinging punches at everything from capitalism to pandemic response.”

Nominated for Screenplay, Editing and Lead Actor

”From such inherently political materials, Olmos and Butler build a crude, grotesque satire in which everyone’s ugly side is accommodated..”

- Projected Figures

”For those who like something truly strange and unusual, this film is for you. It has heart, grit, laughs, and bloodshed.”

Crew

Produced in association with Rosewood Five and Irontree Entertainment

Tony Olmos

Director

Brian Patrick Butler

Writer, Executive Producer
lead actor

Sandy Nissou

assistant director

Justin Burquist

Director of Photography