Four men, of varying social class, must go on a “coffin walk” in 17th-Century England. What’s a coffin walk? Well, it’s basically just carrying a coffin to church for burial, but much superstition and ritual surround the act – perhaps this is genuinely historical, I’m not sure. One of these men is a Squire and also the father of the deceased child. The others don’t really want to be there, but they have little choice.
The look and atmosphere of “To Fire You Come at Last” are obviously designed to evoke Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England, but unfortunately the cheap costuming and am-dram acting conspire more often to give it the vibe of pantomime, and the infuriatingly “Shakespearean” dialogue too often sounds like the way people talk in theatre, and not the way people talk.
At only 43 minutes, you may feel inclined to give “To Fire You Come at Last” a try anyway; but then again, that’s short for a feature film, but really quite self-indulgent for a short film.