Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2024)

Directed by

Tony Olmos

Genre

comedy horror film, satirical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Tenants in a dystopian California apartment building try to get rid of their fascistic landlord. The situation spirals into cartoonish violence and horror tropes.

satiricaltenseabsurdbleakgorydarkly comicchaotic

What happens

Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea is a 2023 American satirical comedy horror film directed by Tony Olmos and written by Brian Patrick Butler. Butler also leads the ensemble cast that includes Kimberly Weinberger, Aimee La Joie, Randy Davison, Merrick McCartha, and Nick Young. Olmos and Butler produced the film together through their companies Rosewood Five and Charybdis Pictures. The story focuses on tenants who grapple with each other while attempting to oust their fascistic landlord. The film is set in a fictional dystopia in Riverside County, California but was filmed in San Diego County with a microbudget in 2021. Some key aspects of the film involve capitalism and fairy tales, as well as slasher film and zombie apocalypse tropes. The film premiered in 2023 at Digital Gym Cinema for San Diego Film Week, screening at Oceanside International Film Festival and Hemet Film Festival in 2024. It was released on video on demand on November 26, 2024, where it was distributed by BayView Entertainment. The film was received as a political satire with mixed reviews from critics. Some complimented the originality, humor, special effects, and performances of Weinberger and Butler, while others found issues with pacing, some dialogue, and unlikable characters. Butler received nominations for acting, screenplay, and editing at the 13th Oceanside International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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