Eight minutes that'll wreck you—dementia as actual body horror.
An elderly woman battles horrifying circumstances designed by her deteriorating mind - and in her darkest hours, flickers of her true self shine through.
Acting
Berni Stapleton's face does decades of storytelling.
Direction
Jerrett weaponizes every second of runtime.
Editing
Cuts that mirror cognitive fracture—brutal precision.
Director
Alexa Jerrett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emerges from Newfoundland's tight-knit film community, where Stapleton is a beloved stage legend—her casting carries decades of audience trust that Jerrett weaponizes.
The title's double meaning: both the visual symptom of failing electricity (unreliable perception) and the stubborn persistence of selfhood—flickers of consciousness against erasure.
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