

A radio host trash-talks magicians. The caller who answers? Actually magical. Actually terrifying.
A late night radio host goes off on a rant about his disdain for magicians. But when a man claiming to be a magician calls on air, things get increasingly sinister.
Sound
Voice acting carries entire film—zhuldyz bekova's silent dread is everything.
Direction
Hashmi stretches 12 minutes into eternity through sheer tension.

Director
Faisal Hashmi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brent Black recorded his entire performance in a single take, with genuine radio host experience lending authenticity to his on-air meltdown.
Part of a wave of 2010s 'phone horror' shorts that weaponized intimacy of voice-only communication—this one predates *The Vast of Night* but shares its paranoid DNA.