A Dollar Short For The Ferryman's Fee

Oct 31, 2025

0h 18m

★ 0.0

This is an ode to the ones that know despair.

Overview

In an unforgiving battle for his soul, a grizzled middle aged man, plagued by a myriad of ailments, becomes the target of nightmarish creatures dispatched by the Ferryman of the River Styx. Refusing to settle his debt, he battles to outlast these henchmen of Death in a high stakes struggle for his very existence.

Genres

Horror

Western

Thriller

Production Companies

Cosmic Darkness Productions

Thunder Lizard Collective

A Dollar Short For The Ferryman's Fee Trailers

Cast

Gideon

Joel F. Gardiner

Female Monster

Amanda Storwick

The Ferryman

Lucas Groeneveld

Victim

Cameron Ross

Gideon's Wife

Safia Elder

The Killer

Austyn Van de Kamp

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