On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin.
Acting
Ted Levine's Hunter S. Thompson-channeling chaos steals every scene.
Sound
Those number station broadcasts will haunt your dreams.
Practical Effects
Desert location and grainy 16mm texture feel authentically cursed.
Director
Blair Erickson
Ted Levine
Thomas Blackburn
Katia Winter
Anna Roland
Michael McMillian
James Hirsch
Monique Candelaria
Patient 14
Jenny Gabrielle
Callie
Chad Brummett
Dr. Kessle
David Midthunder
Raoul
Cyd Schulte
Laura Henrik
J.D. Garfield
Retired MK-Ultra Doctor
Vivian Nesbitt
Olivia Kmiec
William Sterchi
Henry Cale
Corey Moosa
Patient 11
John Lawlor
Elderly Doctor
Kevin Wiggins
Black Rock County Sheriff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The number station broadcasts use actual declassified CIA recordings from the Cold War era.
Blair Erickson expanded this from his award-winning short 'The Banshee Chapter,' originally conceived as a protest against the Patriot Act's expansion of government surveillance powers.
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