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Bill Skarsgård fights a hungry AI that wants to eat his dreams. Yes, really.
TMDB
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IMDb
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Google
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Alteration (2017)

tech-noir fever dreamcosmic dreadcorporate horror

Overview

Science Fiction

Alexandro volunteers for an experiment to aid scientists with the study of dreams. He couldn’t have imagined that he would be subjected to Elsa, a form of Artificial Intelligence who plans to digitize and dematerialize his subconscious in order to feed off it.

Flag of FRFRFrench
Content warning
short film
consciousness commodificationAI hungerloss of self

Standout Aspects

Visual Effects

Glitchy body horror that melts reality

Acting

Skarsgård's terrified vulnerability

Direction

Blanquet's claustrophobic digital nightmare

Best for:Solo: Late-night existential crisis fuel·Streaming: YouTube rabbit hole descent
Heads up:Disturbing: Body horror and identity dissolution·Triggers: Loss of bodily autonomy
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Director

Jérôme Blanquet

ReleasedApr 19, 2017
Runtime20m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
ARTE
Okio Studio

Top Cast

Bill Skarsgård

Bill Skarsgård

Alexandro

Pom Klementieff

Pom Klementieff

Elsa

Lizzie Brocheré

Lizzie Brocheré

Amira Casar

Amira Casar

Ask about Alteration

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Made by Unit Image, a French VFX house known for video game cinematics—explains the slick digital horror.

Cultural

Released during the 2017 AI anxiety wave, it predicted the current panic over generative AI consuming human creativity.

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