The Many Monsters of Sadness
During a jaunt through the woods a few weeks before their senior year of high school, Eleanor and her friends find a mysterious wooden box.
As the days pass, unexplainable things begin to happen. Any item put in the box disappears. Wishes, or something resembling wishes, start getting granted. People outside of the group begin disappearing, and, as these disappearances and mysterious gifts pile up, they begin finding messages in books and magazines; messages that suggest something far more sinister may be at work.
Soon, tempers and frustrations begin to haunt the group. Eleanor, starting to sense a dark turn in her friends, begins a campaign to get rid of the box, even going as far as trying to destroy it. She comes to understand it's up to her to find a way to end the greed-fueled darkness consuming her once happy circle of friends.
When those friends begin to disappear, Eleanor realizes she has to stop whatever is literally tearing them apart. The Many Monsters of Sadness is a lighthearted film that takes a turn towards darkness, suspense, and drama, about the overwhelming burden of getting everything you want.