A lonely man does battle with a relentless piece of music. Oh, the things that get stuck in our heads. When a reclusive man is repeatedly woken up over the course of a night by severe headaches, accompanied by musical repetition from an unknown source, his sanity begins to swiftly unravel.
Acting
Ernest Lee Thomas sells complete unraveling in under six minutes.
Sound
The earworm itself: maddening, unforgettable, perfect.
Direction
Tara Price maximizes every second of escalating dread.
Director
Tara Price
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Tara Price also works as a professional stunt performer, bringing physical precision to the protagonist's mounting hysteria.
The film weaponizes actual earworm science—repetitive melodic structures designed to loop infinitely in working memory, making the audience complicit in the torture.
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