The apocalypse doesn’t come with fire and brimstone anymore. It starves, stalks, and settles in like a sickness. In the new neo-western horror-thriller Forgive Us All, the end of the world isn’t loud. It’s slow. And survival is the only thing that matters.
Set for release in the UK and Ireland on Digital and DVD on October 13, the film marks the latest genre feature from Lightbulb Film Distribution, following its UK premiere at Grimmfest on October 11 in Manchester.
Directed and co-written by Jordana Stott, Forgive Us All stars Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise) as a lone woman navigating a ruined world, ravaged by a biotech virus that has turned most of the population into violent cannibals. She’s alone in a cabin. Surrounded by death. And trying not to lose what little hope she has left.
Then a stranger shows up.
He claims there’s still something out there. Something worth saving. But reaching it means leaving the safety of isolation behind and heading straight through the infection-ridden deadlands. And in this world, hope comes with a body count.
Shot entirely in Queenstown, New Zealand, the film leans hard into its barren, apocalyptic visuals—grounds that once looked untouched now feel inhospitable. Civilization isn’t just gone. It’s rotting.
Alongside Sullivan, the cast includes Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man, 300: Rise of an Empire) and Richard Roxburgh (Van Helsing, Rake), cementing the story in a small, escalating character drama. This isn’t survival with a shotgun and a speech—it’s dread and a whisper.
Forgive Us All doesn’t rely on jump scares or zombie cliches. It lets you sit in the silence, buried beneath the dirt and decision-making. And when the violence comes, it doesn’t hit fast. It spreads.
Forgive Us All will be available on Digital and DVD in the UK and Ireland on October 13, across major platforms including Prime Video, Apple Store, YouTube Movies, Sky Store, Rakuten TV, and Virgin Media Store.
The end of the world doesn’t come with instructions. Just consequences.
Check out the trailer for Forgive Us All below and find out the answer to the question: Is it better to stay and fade… or run and bleed?
