Dante's First Layer

Dante's First Layer is a thriller short film. It follows Taylor Skie, a recently deceased man, who must spend time in Purgatory living with Josh Flamme to atone for his sins.

Release
The film was released on YouTube on January 4th 2020.

Story
The film opens with Taylor appearing outside of a house completely unknown to him, and being informed by Ariel that he is dead, and currently in Purgatory. It is explained to him that he must spend time living in this house to atone for his sins, and he must share it with Josh Flamme, a seemingly happy-go-lucky person. Josh and Taylor butt heads to begin with, with Josh's relaxed lifestyle conflicting with Taylor's want for everything to be tidy and right. However, after a while, Josh decides to force Taylor to spend a whole day bonding with him. The day goes very well, and the two become much closer and friendlier towards each other.

At the end of this day, Taylor stumbles across what is implied to be a dead body in the bathroom. Running to tell Josh about it, Josh admits that he put it there, simply bored the other day. Freaked about this, Taylor confronts Ariel, but before he's able to confess what Josh has done, Josh appears and begins shouting at Taylor, calling him a horrible person.

Josh continues to attack and shout at Taylor over the next couple days, until one day, Taylor finds himself drawn to a board of knives, and it is implied that he kills Josh.