There are a handful of independent filmmakers who consistently impress me, especially after finding out their forecasted budget to create intense and convincing films that appeal to the masses. Ash Hamilton is on that list. And now, Dillion Brown, Joshua Brucker, Ben Harl and Michael Gregory will be new additions.

F’D: Tales from the End Times is an anthology with scenarios from various points of views during the collapse of modern-day society to an inevitable apocalypse that has been rumored since before the outbreak of The Walking Dead. Several of these accounts are live streamed as found-footage documentation, displaying substantial dread and disaster as the communities decline before our very eyes. The desperation is real, and emotions are high.

But, so is the humor.

The first presented scenario entitled “The Apocalypse smells like cookies” is epic. Two young men (dim-witted Ian and determined Chase) are prepping to summon a demon through cloaks, ancient chants, and candles that smell like Snickerdoodles. By evoking a spirit utilizing Satan spells over pentagrams and devoted worship, they are hell-bent (pun intended) to achieve everlasting life. The best feature of this ritual, becomes the on-going uncertainty from both men, questioning everything while triggering each other’s last nerve. Just what you want a demon to walk into…a pissing contest.

Since the end of times is now initiated, expect segments from the local news channels (an incredible performance from Kayla Kelly as field reporter, Corinne who is constantly running towards the destruction), a man taping his outing to meet his buddy at a secret rendezvous point, and a young couple who are terrified of the future after fleeing the city only to discover some saddened devastation that awaits. The cast is spot on, the rhetoric is fun and the film just flows with an authenticity that makes it genuine and hysterical.

Hamilton has always known how to build suspense with the right amount of creepiness by applying just enough jump scares, alarming shadow figures and heavy breathing from anxious young people fighting to survive this rapid epidemic. Each director has lent a hefty dose of despair and panic through their stories but Gramma is the most memorable when it comes to the most heart-stomping and terrifying tale in the bunch.While this scenario is also the most informative as to how and why this is all happening, it inevitably sets us up for a brutal finale that will scramble your brain. All I can really leave you with at the end of the day are these two words: cheese grater.