Twelve minutes of solitude that'll make you paranoid about wanting peace and quiet.
A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.
Direction
Blackhurst stretches 12 minutes into genuine dread without cheap jumps.
Cinematography
NYC claustrophobia vs. wide-open wilderness—both feel suffocating.
Acting
Rose Hemingway's wordless panic is more effective than most feature performances.
Director
Rod Blackhurst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made before 'Unsane' and 'Gone Girl,' this early Blackhurst short pioneered the 'iPhone horror' aesthetic—proof that dread costs nothing, only intention.
The Adirondacks setting deliberately evokes 1970s American paranoid thrillers like 'Deliverance,' but swaps masculine anxiety for the specific vulnerability of women seeking solitude.
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