Like many cultural works that arrived during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, She Dies Tomorrow tapped into the concerns and anxieties of the era entirely by accident. Indeed, filmed in 2019, long before Zoom sessions and banana bread baking became part of the daily routine, the psychological horror rooted itself in themes of isolation, existential angst, and a never-ending sense disaster was just around the corner. Only instead of a virus, the contagion that spread was the all-consuming fear the next 24 hours would be your last.
Of course, the concept of confronting your own impending doom is nothing new. See The Ring, in which viewers of a creepy video tape were given just seven days to live before a murderous well-dweller crawled out of their TV. Or Countdown, where a bunch of students discovered their imminent death date via a supernatural app. And the recently revived Final Destination series has spent 25 years warning all-American teens they’re being stalked by a comically elaborate Grim Reaper.
