The playground is hungry, and the kids are not what they seem.
A strict, anxious teenager loses the child she’s babysitting and must brave a sinister force hiding in plain sight among the children in the playground. As her world unravels and her grip on reality starts to slip, she must outwit a world where nothing is as it seems to make it out alive.
Direction
Vargas weaponizes mundane spaces into nightmare fuel.
Sound
Playground ambience that never stops feeling wrong.
Acting
Gomez's unraveling is physically exhausting to witness.
Director
Felipe Vargas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vargas cited Argentine playground folklore and the 'mufa' urban legend as direct inspiration for the creature design.
The jungle gym set was built on hydraulics that crew members could remotely trigger, meaning Gomez's genuine startles in wide shots were often unscripted.
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