

16 minutes. Two people. Zero budget. Maximum dread. Toronto's never looked deader.
Two people flee from the city of Toronto which is overrun by the living dead, caused by a massive epidemic.
Practical Effects
Charming homemade zombie makeup and effects
Production
Guerrilla filming in real abandoned Toronto locations
Director
Derek Kopet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Derek Kopet shot this as a student film in actual abandoned Toronto buildings without permits, creating an unintentionally authentic post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
Forlorn is a time capsule of early-2000s DIY horror, predating the zombie saturation of the 2010s—it's what filmmakers made before everyone had iPhones and YouTube.