“Free-form, loose, and unpredictable in all the best ways”
– Kat Hughes / The Hollywood News

“Masterfully directed”
– Alexandra Heller-Nicholas / Alliance of Women Film Journalists

“Sneaks its way into your subconscious before tearing apart body and soul in its finale”
– Chase Hutchinson / Collider

“A nightmare that burrows under one’s skin like a virus (or a curse)”
– Nick Schager / The Daily Beast 

“Directed by Joshua Erkman, A Desert tells a tangled narrative web centred on one photographer’s road trip from Hell. Alex Clark (Kai Lennox) is working his way across dusty and deserted America, photographing abandoned factories, ancient pet cemeteries, and random locals. Then, one night he encounters brother and sister Renny (Zachary Ray Sherman) and Susie Q (Ashley B. Smith) at a motel and his life, and the lives of those connected to him, are forever changed.  —

Though Erkman has clearly been inspired by scuzzy road movies, the meanness of the desert, The Vanishing, and even Alfred Hitchcock, A Desert is unlike anything else, which makes it utterly irresistible. Hypnotic performances bleed onto sweaty and oppressive visuals creating a potent atmosphere that will delight those with a thirst for the darkside.” – Kat Hughes / The Hollywood News