What began as a single mislabeled bottle of water in San Tan, Arizona spread across America in just five days, leaving no community untouched. The water found its way into homes, schools, hospitals, grocery stores, and emergency supplies. No one knows exactly where it came from. No one knows why it behaves differently from one place to the next. They only know that once it’s consumed… people change.

Apocalypse Thirst is a cinematic anthology series where every story explores a different corner of the same nationwide catastrophe. In Janesville, Wisconsin, a young boy quietly finishes his breakfast before dismembering his own mother, igniting a massacre that leaves hundreds of children hunting through neighborhood streets. In rural Texas, a nursing home becomes a battlefield as contaminated water resurrects decades of buried hatred, regret, prejudice, and vengeance within the elderly. Their bodies become enhanced, giving them the strength and ability to finally act on the darkness they’ve carried for a lifetime. In other places, the water is weaponized, transforming ordinary people into unpredictable monsters—or something far worse.

Connecting every story is the emotional journey of Effie and Richard. Effie, a determined young girl, guides her enormous autistic brother across the Arizona wasteland after discovering his blood may be the only thing capable of stopping the outbreak. Hunting them is a brilliant but ruthless doctor who believes Richard is no longer a person, but the key to unlimited power. He will lie, manipulate, torture, and kill to obtain Richard’s blood… or whatever is left of him.

Each anthology stands on its own. Every nightmare reveals another piece of the mystery. And every road, every survivor, every drop of water leads back to one unforgettable story.

Welcome to Apocalypse Thirst. Drink carefully.