What if your schizophrenia was the only thing keeping reality from unraveling?
A schizophrenic architect must embrace his madness in order to uncover the secrets of New York and prevent the Demiurge, an ancient Gnostic god that's imprisoned beneath the city, from escaping.
Practical Effects
Gritty NYC underground locations that feel genuinely unhinged
Writing
Dense Gnostic mythology woven into paranoid thriller structure
Acting
Richmond's raw, unglamorous descent into reluctant prophet
Director
Steven Palmer Peterson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peterson shot guerrilla-style in actual NYC subway tunnels and abandoned infrastructure, no permits. The paranoia is authentic.
The Demiurge concept draws directly from Nag Hammadi library texts—this is one of the few films to treat Gnosticism as living cosmology rather than aesthetic window dressing.
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