When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Production
The house itself becomes a maze of impossible geometry.
Practical Effects
Creature design that channels Zdzisław Beksiński's hellscapes.
Writing
Elevator pitch: 'The Conjuring' meets calculus homework.
Director
Brendan Muldowney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Brendan Muldowney expanded this from his 2004 short 'The Ten Steps,' keeping the mathematical dread but trading ambiguity for cosmic scale.
The demon's name 'Bael' references a Goetic demon who teaches science and math—fitting for a horror where algebra literally opens hell.
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