Austin-based director Lisa Belcher’s psychological thriller House of Abraham focuses on a group of despondent or dying people who turn to an enigmatic cult leader (screenwriter Lukas Hassel) to help them commit suicide one by one.

From Best of Austin Best Director winner Lisa Belcher (“Guest of Honor,” “Javelina Run”) comes an exciting debut feature: a chilling thriller about grief and cults. Writer/actor Lukas Hassel (The Blacklist) is pitch-perfect as the titular Abraham…

Every so often, a horror film comes along that doesn’t just disturb—it disarms. It doesn’t scream in your face; it smiles, takes your hand, and walks you into the abyss. House of Abraham is that kind of film. It doesn’t bludgeon you—it believes you’ll volunteer.

In “House of Abraham,” directed by Lisa Belcher and with a script by actor and writer Lukas Hassel, end-of-life care is what some come to the titular house seeking, but are they the only ones who benefit from this facilitated end-of-life?