What if your dating app started dating YOU... from inside your skull?
The creator of an artificial intelligence that helps people with relationships begins to believe that he is possessed by the AI itself. In the same time, a user of the same AI also begins to go crazy, causing the two to fall into a kind of insanity, unable to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
Acting
Brandl's unraveling creator physically morphs through denial
Direction
Vitor's lo-fi Brazilian approach makes the tech horror feel homemade
Writing
Dual insanity structure where neither protagonist can be trusted
Director
Joseph Vitor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Lapse' refers to both psychological breaks and the software version numbering—suggesting each 'update' erases more humanity.
Emerging from Brazil's indie horror scene, this reflects Latin American anxieties about imported tech solutions failing local relational contexts.
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