After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
Acting
Madelaine Petsch carries entire film through vocal panic alone
Sound
Every creak and whisper weaponized—audio as antagonist
Production
Single-location tension that squeezes maximum dread from apartment walls
Director
Cooper Karl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cooper Karl expanded this from his own 2017 short film, keeping the single-location constraint that makes the paranoia suffocating.
The film deliberately withholds visual confirmation of threats, forcing audiences into Ellen's sensory deprivation—making viewers complicit in her doubt.
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