The Bad Hand

The Bad HandBy Anthony ScarpaThe Bad Hand delivers three stories about ambition, guilt, and the ghosts that haunt our choices. These stories are tales of the heart that come from our past, our families, or the stars themselves."Director's Cut"Lucia Veriqua is a film student in the shadow of the legacy of her late mother, a well-known documentarian. Her professor rejects her festival submission, but Lucia refuses to cut it down.
She believes every frame contains the truth her mother fought to protect. Struggling with artistic ingenuity and the pressure to succeed, Lucia must decide how much of her soul she's willing to sacrifice for other people's standards. A captivating drama concerning art, obsession, and the cost of following in another's shadow."There Are Skeletons in My Yard"Luke returns home to a nightmare. Four fully dressed skeletons stand around his front yard, like a family.
His wife says they never decorated, yet one of the skeletons wears a red scarf that looks familiar. Through the night, the skeletons begin to move. Luke and his family confront a terror that blurs the line between memory and nightmare. A chilling horror about denial, guilt, and the secrets that refuse to stay buried."The S. S. Pearl"Conrad Cassidy boards the S. S. Pearl for what should be a routine mission, but this old ship carries more than rust and faulty wiring.
While a failed order of operations halts the crew, old tensions resurface. Now, Conrad must face the ghosts of past missions and confront his past mistakes to prove himself again. A blend of space sci-fi with drama, duty, failure, and the fragile bonds that hold a crew together in the cold void.