Fueled by a bull-headed drive, South Carolina filmmaker David Axe is determined to make one film a year. He’ll admit that his horror and exploitation films are pretty bad. But he’s determined to eventually make one good movie. He convinces a band of actors and filmmakers to trek into the backwoods of Georgia to shoot a very ambitious horror-meets-western-fantasy film ACORN. But when disaster strikes, each member of the cast and crew faces conflict and self doubt. CREATE OR DIE asks the question, why do we keep creating art even when there is only a slim chance of fame or money?