--- description: American Psycho author gives indie rockers a thriller title: Watch the Creepy Short Film Bret Easton Ellis Wrote for Indie Rockers the Dum Dum Girls image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Bret Easton Ellis Writes Creepy Short Film for Dum Dum Girls Song "Are You Okay?" by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 8:11 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 8:11 PM CUT Instead of dreaming up their own music video for the new single “Are You Okay?,” indie rockers the Dum Dum Girls asked _Less Than Zero_ author Bret Easton Ellis to write a script for them. The result is an unsettling and somewhat inscrutable 11-minute horror film soundtracked by the Dum Dum Girls’ solemn song. In case you didn’t remember, the video serves as a perfect reminder that Ellis also penned _American Psycho_. The tense psychological thriller stars Shiloh Fernandez (_The East_, _Red Riding Hood_), Sophia Marzocchi and band member Dee Dee Penny as a woman who under goes hypnosis and then has to face down a demonic doppelganger while sorting through dark secrets. The video for the _Too True_ single, which [premiered at Noisey,](http://noisey.vice.com/music-video-premieres/dum-dum-girls-are-you-okay "undefined") was directed by Brewer (Alt J, Purity Ring, Passion Pit) and produced by Braxton Pope, with additional musical score composed by Tamaryn and Drew MacDowall. **MORE**: [Who Cares What Lykke Li Is Made Of When Her Music Is This Good?](http://time.com/12351/lykke-li-love-me-like-im-not-made-of-stone/ "undefined") **MORE**: [VIDEO: Avett Brothers’ Clip for ‘Morning Song’ Produced by Judd Apatow](http://time.com/14162/video-avett-brothers-clip-for-morning-song-produced-by-judd-apatow/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/14404/bret-easton-ellis-writes-film-for-dum-dum-girls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/14404/bret-easton-ellis-writes-film-for-dum-dum-girls/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Bret Easton Ellis Writes Creepy Short Film for Dum Dum Girls Song \"Are You Okay?\"","datePublished":"2014-03-06T20:11:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T07:28:57.982Z","description":"American Psycho author gives indie rockers a thriller","url":"https://time.com/14404/bret-easton-ellis-writes-film-for-dum-dum-girls/","keywords":["Music","Music Video"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/14404/bret-easton-ellis-writes-film-for-dum-dum-girls/","name":"VIDEO: Bret Easton Ellis Writes Creepy Short Film for Dum Dum Girls Song \"Are You Okay?\""}}]}] ```