Bobbi Johnson is a young literary sensation facing her difficult second novel. Already dealing with a crazed stalker and her junkie ex-boyfriend, Bobbi is convinced by her publisher to use new smart editing software and finds herself going head-to-head with an artificial intelligence determined to write her book for her.
Acting
Hannah Arterton sells creative desperation beautifully.
Practical Effects
Gross body horror that'll make you side-eye your peripherals.
Production
Tight 89 minutes—knows when to exit before overstaying.
Director
Paul Hyett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Paul Hyett is primarily a prosthetics/makeup effects veteran—this was his second feature after The Seasoning House, and his practical background shows in every grotesque hardware-human fusion.
Shot in 2016, the film predates ChatGPT by years but nails the specific anxiety of 'what if the tool replaces the artist'—making it weirdly more resonent now than on release.
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