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.”

- Film Blitz

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.”

- 1428 Elm

Production Companies

Produced in association with Rosewood Five and Irontree Entertainment