What would you be willing to do for fifteen minutes of fame? This is the question at the heart of "The Thing That Drifted Ashore" a horror short film that explores our strange addiction to spectacle through the story of Martin, a young cinematographer in search of fame and glory, that joins a group of amateur filmmakers, who while shooting a short film in a remote mexican beach make a spectacular discovery. Unfortunately, this brings out the worst in everyone, and soon Martin will find himself in a life or death situation from which he must escape.