Things We Dig

{{Infobox film

| name = Things We Dig

| image = Things We Dig.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Poster

| director = Pia Thrasher

| writer = Pia Thrasher

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Courtney Eastman
Jeremy Katz
Stephen Mickelsen
Miguel Rodriguez
J.R. Thrasher
Pia Thrasher

}}

| starring = {{startplainlist}}

Jenn Larson
Pia Thrasher
Cat Forrest
Morgan Marlow
Marc Biagi
Stephanie Scurry
Patrick Russel Burton
Deepti Kingra Mickelsen

| cinematography = Peter Mickelsen

| editing = Peter Stoll

| music = Eric Recourt

| studio = Spinnera Filme

| distributor = Screamfest

| released = {{Film date|2020|10|14|Screamfest Horror Film Festival}}

| runtime = 19 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Things We Dig is a 2020 comedy horror short film written and directed by Pia Thrasher. The film stars Jenn Larson, Thrasher, Cat Forrest and Morgan Marlow.

Plot

Four female vampire roommates gather together to make a quick buck.

Cast

Jenn Larson as Lucretia
Pia Thrasher as Kuni von Stechen
Cat Forrest as Helgi
Morgan Marlow as Brynn 'The Hacker'
Marc Biagi as Miles
Stephanie Scurry as Deanna
Patrick Russel Burton as Scott
Deepti Kingra Mickelsen as Mona
Beth Accomando as Dead Clown
Billy Colestock as Freddy
Mike Burnell as Freddy's voice
Phillip Lorenzo as Dead Monk
Elsa Mickelsen as Wrapped Victim
Matt Rotman as Dead Alien
Didi Tee as The Stiff
Tony Weidinger as Dead Hunter

Production

Thrasher was inspired to create something like What We Do in the Shadows. She said the film took four years to make, with pre-production and principal photography in 2019 and wrapping post-production in 2020. The film was shot in San Diego mockumentary style and was crowdfunded on Indiegogo.{{Cite web |last=Accomando |first=Beth |date=2020-10-05 |title=San Diego Filmmaker Gets World Premiere At Screamfest LA |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/2020/10/05/san-diego-filmmaker-gets-world-premiere-screamfest |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}}

Release

Things We Dig premiered at Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 14, 2020.{{Citation |title=Things We Dig |date=2020-09-04 |url=https://archive.screamfestla.com/2020/film/things-we-dig |work=Screamfest Horror Film Festival |language=en |access-date=2022-09-27}} The festival later distributed the film on YouTube.{{Citation |title=Things We Dig Short Horror Comedy {{!}} Screamfest |date=2022-01-14 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl3qeF1ZRvc |language=en |access-date=2022-09-27}} The film screened at Horror Haus in 2020, Ax Wound Film Festival in 2021{{Cite web |last=Nikolunauer |first=Berlyn |date=2021-12-19 |title=AxWound Film Fest 2021: Day 8 Recap |url=https://morbidlybeautiful.com/axwound-2021-day-8/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Morbidly Beautiful |language=en-US}} and San Diego International Film Festival in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Things We Dig |url=https://sdfilmfest.com/team-member/thingswedig/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021064235/https://sdfilmfest.com/team-member/thingswedig/ |archive-date=2022-10-21 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=San Diego International Film Festival |language=en-US}}

Reception

Emilie Black at Cinema Crazed said how the good casting helps create magic with only a few minutes of screen time. Ben Ragunton at TG Geeks said the production value was rich and is worth watching with a glass of wine. Berlyn Nikolunauer at Morbidly Beautiful said the film was "a playful kind of silly." They all compared the film to What We Do in the Shadows.{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Emilie |date=2020-10-19 |title=Shorts Round Up of the Week: Women in Horror – Cinema Crazed |url=https://www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2020/10/19/shorts-round-up-of-the-week-women-in-horror/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Cinema Crazed |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ragunton |first=Ben |date=2020-05-16 |title=Ben's Breakdown {{!}} "Things We Dig" is an amusing and bloody shocking vampire short {{!}} TG Geeks |url=https://tggeeks.com/blog/2020/05/16/bens-breakdown-things-we-dig-is-an-amusing-and-bloody-shocking-vampire-short/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=TG Geeks |language=en}}

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!Ref.

International Vampire Film and Arts Festival

| rowspan="2" |2020

|Golden Stake

|Pia Thrasher

|{{nom}}

Misty Moon International Film Festival

|Best Short Film

|Pia Thrasher

|{{partial|Finalist}}

|{{Cite web |title=Misty Moon's International Film Festival saves The Cinema Museum from COVID » The Cinema Museum, London |url=http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2020/misty-moons-international-film-festival-saves-the-cinema-museum-from-covid/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=The Cinema Museum, London}}

6ix Screams International Horror Film Festival

| rowspan="6" |2021

|Classic Villain

|Pia Thrasher

|{{won}}

rowspan="2" |Austin After Dark Film Festival

|Best Director

|Pia Thrasher

|{{nom}}

Best Dark Comedy Film

|Pia Thrasher

|{{nom}}