Big Brother watches a predator — but who's really being hunted?
Sex offender Carl Gatliss is paroled with a tiny camera implanted behind his retina to monitor his every move and send it back to probation officers Esther and Ken,who are watching on a screen. After he breaks parole by visiting his victim to make amends Ken wants him returned to prison but Esther prevents it. As a result Gatliss obsesses about Esther,killing his girlfriend for her and ultimately arriving at her house when she is alone and vulnerable.
Direction
Nalluri squeezes maximum dread from mundane domestic spaces.
Acting
Aubrey's slow-burn panic anchors every frame.
Writing
Tight 46-minute structure wastes zero tension.
Director
Bharat Nalluri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered as part of BBC's experimental 'Sound on Film' series, placing it alongside early 2000s techno-paranoia like Minority Report and the nascent Black Mirror aesthetic.
The retina camera's POV shots predate found-footage horror's dominance by years, making this a missing link between Peeping Tom and Unfriended.
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