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Hypochondriac Is a Queer Horror Film That Gets Under Your Skin

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Hypochondriac and the phrase that haunts the character of Will (Zach Forte) as he spirals deeper and deeper down into paranoia that his body’s betraying him and a supernatural creature is hunting him.Will is a young gay Hispanic potter whose life is pretty great when audiences first meet him.

He has friends, an amazing boyfriend, and a job working for an upscale pottery. But anyone who has experienced periods of anxiety, depression, and panic attacks will identify with his journey, because he’s also plagued by a past that still has its hands wrapped around his throat — and when it reemerges without warning, things take a dark and monstrous turn.It begins with physical manifestations: Issues with his hands and arms that begin spreading further throughout his body, leading him to fear that something’s terribly wrong with him.

Then there are visions of a wolf-like creature that appears intent on devouring him. If this sounds like a terrifying film, imagine living through much of this for real; for Heimann, many of the most frightening moments in the film are ripped directly from his own life. “So basically my mom’s bipolar.

And in the winter, Christmastime of 2018, I went home. I was staying with her the whole time, and she was in a pretty bad episode,” he tells The Advocate.

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