Dead Mouse with Ants
2002 · 6 min
Cast
No credited cast is listed for this film.
Credits
Written by: 
David Lynch
Cinematography: David Lynch
Produced by: David Lynch
Plot
Dead Mouse with Ants is a 2002 American short film directed by David Lynch.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tiny documentary-style short observing a dead mouse covered in ants. Lynch's morbid, patient curiosity is the only hook, so it is strictly for completists of his small experiments.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 3.7 / 10 (212 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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