# @watchalter on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=RfsdtoBAEtw
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-20T20:00:14.000+00:00

## Caption

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In 19th-century Vermont, a young woman's parents drink sleeping tea to survive the harsh winter, but an early thaw leads to horrifying results.

The Thaw by Sean Temple & Sarah Wisner

Starring Emily Bennett 

#ALTER #horror #shortfilm

Connect with the Filmmakers: 
https://www.homebodypictures.com/
https://www.instagram.com/seantemplefilm/
https://www.instagram.com/homebody.sarah/

More About "The Thaw":  
THE THAW is set in the late 19th century in the challenging Vermont hills. Ruth and her aging parents, Alma and Timothy, struggle to subsist on a failing farm after Ruth is abandoned by her unfaithful husband. They turn to a remedy as old as the hills, a sleeping tea that allows the elderly and infirm to sleep out the winter months while frozen and packed in snow, to be safely revived in the spring. But when a storm blows in an early thaw, the ritual is broken and the sleepers wake too soon – to horrifying results.

"The Thaw" Credits:
Crew - 
Written & Directed by 
Sarah Wisner & Sean Temple

Producers:
Nathan Sellers
Darren Bailey 
Sarah Wisner
Sean Temple

Co-Producer: Danielle Hazelton 

Line Producer: Christopher King

Executive Producers:
Leslie Krogh-Wisner
Jay Wisner 

Associate Producers:
Scott Dorwart
Lyndall Heyer
Sam Vanivray
Peter Mahoney

Assistant Director: Miriam Olken
Director Shadow: Lennon Westbom

Director of Photography: Damon Waldron
1st AC: Benjy Berkowitz
2nd AC & Additional Camera Operator: Michael Vassallo

Camera Package and Lenses Provided by Panavision
Shot on Arri Alexa Mini + Panavision Primo Primes & Angenieux Optimo Zoom

Gaffer: Michael B. Fisher
Key Grip: Kevin Deming

Production Designer & Historical Magick Consultant: Deidra Catero
Art Director and Sheep Wrangler: Seana Testa
Department Head Hair, Makeup, and Special Effects Makeup: Mickayla Pence
Costume Designer: Jasmine Murray-Bergquist
On Set Costume: Jessica Della Pepa
On Set Costume: Leslie Krogh-Wisner
Box Prop Fabricator: Diz Dizio
Box Prop Fabricator Assistants: Jason Horgan & Suja Ono
Location Manager & Set Dresser: Scott Dorwart
Location Manager & Cat Wrangler: Lyndall Heyer
Art PA: Teppi Zuppo 

Sound Mixer & Boom Operator: Amanda Bowman

Stunt Coordinator: Darren Bailey

Head Chef: Christina Temple
Assistant Chef: Leslie Krogh-Wisner
Catering Assistant: Paul Fleming

Sid the Sheep Owners: 
Marlena Farnham 
Doug Farnham

Kitchen Provided By:
Mike Lane 
Catherine Carvelli 

Ax Prop: 
Liz Lackey
Tom Lackey 

Casting Director: Sara Koch

Editor, Additional Sound Design, and Title Designer: Sean Temple

Music Composed, Produced, and Performed by Abby Swidler
Prepared Piano by Courtney Swain 

Post Sound Studio: Nocturnal Sound
Supervising Sound Editor & Re-Recording Mixer - Eli Cohn
Sound Editor: Jack Sasner

Colorist: Calvin Bellas

VFX Supervisor: Darren Bailey
VFX Artists: Brian Bentley & Jonathan Thompson

Cast - 
Emily Bennett
Toby Poser
Jeffrey Grover

About ALTER:
ALTER is an ever-expanding platform for the most daring storytellers in the world of horror. We are a home, community and launching pad for our filmmakers. Slip into the dark, disturbing corners of cutting-edge horror. 

Beyond our longstanding presence on YouTube, ALTER also operates a free streaming tv channel available on DIRECTV, Sling, CW, LG, Plex, Samsung TV+, Tubi, & TLC+. 

Learn how to watch ALTER on TV: https://linktr.ee/watchalter
 
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## Stats

- **Views:** 47,565
- **Likes:** 1,960
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 138

## Tags

shortfilm, horror, alter

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