Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.....
Acting
Ian McShane somehow commits to this nonsense
Production
That one comic shop set they clearly loved
Director
Jesse Warn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jesse Warn's feature debut after music videos; he later directed Supernatural episodes, which explains the moody lighting.
Released in the Saw/Identity era of puzzle-horror, this got buried by better-funded mind-game thrillers—though the riddle structure predates Escape Room by 15 years.
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