Black Sunday Confessions – Kaz PS, writer-director of ‘A Good Death’

As Black Sunday Film Festival prepares to unleash its first wave of dark and daring cinema, we begin our Five Black Sunday Confessions series with a filmmaker whose work sits comfortably in the shadows. Award-winning writer and director Kaz PS brings her unsettling new short A Good Death to the festival, screening on Saturday 31st January 2026.

Starring Tracie Thoms, Jenny O’Hara and Stefanie Estes, A Good Death follows a devoted death doula whose latest home visit quickly takes a troubling turn. Known for her bold genre sensibilities, striking visual work, and a career spanning film, music videos, and video art, Kaz PS is no stranger to challenging audiences. With deep roots in both the UK and the US, Black Sunday also marks a meaningful homecoming of sorts for the filmmaker.

Ahead of the screening, Kaz PS sat down with us to take part in Five Black Sunday Confessions, discussing creative origins, cinematic influences, and the films she would very much like to avoid being trapped inside.

Kaz PS, writer-director of ‘A Good Death’

1. Tell us about your film and what brings it to the Black Sunday Film Festival.

A Good Death tells the story of Amalia, a devoted death doula, who shows up at the home of a new client and immediately begins to suspect that something is very very wrong. In making the film, my team and I knew we wanted to target genre festivals around the world, hoping we’d find several welcoming homes to showcase our work. But for me particularly, I was born in the UK and lived there until I was six, so bringing my art back to my homeland has a special thrill.

2. What moment made you realise you wanted to create films, not just watch them?

My inroads to filmmaking was storytelling, and I initially thought I wanted to be a novelist. During my undergrad creative writing studies, I ended up taking a couple of playwriting courses, and that’s what really grabbed my brain, probably in large part because I was also an aspiring actor in those years and writing a scene instead of a page of prose just gelled with those pre-existing sensibilities and ambitions. I wrote and directed a (very bad) short film in college, but it lit the spark! Now I describe my gravitation towards filmmaking as just the optimal method I’ve discovered so far for getting what’s inside my head, outside of it, so other people can have a peek.

3. What was the first film that truly unsettled you?

Oh, Se7en, 100%. Me and my high school boyfriend saw it in the theater when it came out, and were totally stunned – you could do that? – and sat in the cinema parking lot chain smoking and dissecting it for like an hour. Definitely a point of no return for me!

4. Who would be your dream collaborator, living or dead?

I would love to co-write something with Charlie Kaufman. I remember when I first saw Adaptation and I was just like, Damn, this guy needs more of a challenge, he has made three act structure his b***h. Would be amazing to jam on story with him!

5. If your worst fear became a film, what would it look like?

I’m gonna swing this to, What movie would it be my personal hell to be trapped inside? And the answer would be, a Hallmark holiday movie.

A Good Death screens at the Black Sunday Film Festival on Saturday 31st January 2026. For more coverage, interviews, and festival highlights from Black Sunday, keep an eye on Love Horror over the coming weeks as we continue our Five Black Sunday Confessions series with filmmakers bringing their darkest visions to the screen.