A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
Acting
Tori Kostic's calculated desperation — she's playing chess while he's playing house.
Direction
Christou stretches one location into a pressure cooker of dread.
Writing
The 'daughter' performance layers — every smile is a survival tactic.
Director
Savvas Christou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 12 days in a single house location in Los Angeles, with the cast doing their own claustrophobic stunts in cramped crawlspaces.
The film deliberately echoes real captivity cases where victims formed complex bonds with abusers — the 'daughter' dynamic specifically references Jaycee Dugard's documented survival strategies.
US
