After a programmer working on a top secret surveillance program snaps in a murderous rage, a notorious code wizard with problems of his own moves into the startup offices to figure out what went wrong and deliver the final product. But the deeper he delves into the code, the more the code takes on a malevolent life of its own.
Cinematography
Creative screen-life framing makes laptops genuinely threatening.
Practical Effects
Smart lo-fi effects that feel authentically digital-era creepy.
Director
Mark Netter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely through fictional screen interfaces before 'Searching' or 'Host' made desktop horror mainstream — genuinely ahead of its tiny-budget curve.
Director Mark Netter developed the film after watching programmers develop actual surveillance tools; the 'Nightmare Code' program is loosely based on real DARPA projects.
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