After his wife Lucy walks out on him, Alexander tries to seek solace in alcohol and drugs, but the pain just won't go away. He is given the address of a mysterious man who claims to have the answer; a strange, powerful narcotic that will take away his anguish. Alexander can't take any more so he visits the dealer and is given the drug. For a while he feels fine, life is good again, until he realizes that shadowy figures are pursuing him. He tries to escape but there is no hiding from the Ingression.
Practical Effects
Iskanov's DIY gore effects look wrong in ways CGI never could.
Direction
156 minutes of controlled visual assault—every frame fights you.
Sound
Industrial noise score that physically exhausts you.
Director
Andrey Iskanov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Russia's 'extreme cinema' movement alongside Khvan and Balabanov—art-horror as national trauma processing.
Iskanov's background in dental surgery explains the film's obsession with mouths, jaws, and invasive bodily penetration.
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