Descensus ad Mortem is a short dramatic thriller about an elderly widow who must overcome her fear of falling and descend the stairs to uncover what her late husband left buried on the beach below.

This is a film told from a different perspective. This isn’t about being afraid of falling from a cliff or a building rather it is about your body becoming so fragile that even a fall to the floor could spell certain doom. Imagine getting up from a chair and taking a few steps becoming a nearly impossible task. Fearing that your legs my give way to the gravity of your own weight at any moment.

It’s a film inspired by a true story and a personal one as I’ve known a few who have passed away from this. The story begins at the funeral wake of Delia’s husband. She is dealing with grief, remorse and feeling lost as her husband was her entire world. She is coming to terms with her own life coming to an end soon and yearns to walk along the beach one last time. But ever since her husband passed away from falling, she is petrified of descending the stairs to get there. He buried something for her in hopes that it might be the catalyst needed to get Delia down on the beach. Will her body be strong enough to carry her all the way? Will she feel the warmth of the sand on her feet once more? Will she discover what her husband left buried?

We are currently in the pre-production phase with principal photography set to begin at the end of October 2016. The crew and I are very excited to bring this story to life onscreen and we hope you will take the journey with us. Thank you so much for supporting, following or sharing this project.

Wishing you all the best,

Eric Bair

Writer/director

“Descensus ad Mortem”