Mark Hamill plays a creepy small-town weirdo. No lightsabers, just vibes.
A policeman investigates the apparent suicide of a man whose son has just returned to the town.
Acting
Mark Hamill's genuinely unnerving against-type performance.
Direction
Christian Otjen squeezes dread from Wisconsin winter landscapes.
Director
Christian Otjen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Christian Otjen's only feature; he pivoted to documentary filmmaking afterward. The entire budget was reportedly under $500K.
Part of a wave of early-2000s indie mysteries trying to replicate Memento and The Sixth Sense's twist-driven success without the studio polish.
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