Small town. Abandoned asylum. A journalist who can't outrun what the building already knows about him.
A young journalist returns home to investigate unsolved deaths at an abandoned psychiatric center. As he dances with the shadows of his past, and a mysterious new man in his life, his family’s history and the town's secrets begin to converge.
Direction
Fifer builds dread through negative space and what you almost see.
Cinematography
The asylum breathes. Every hallway feels like a memory refusing to die.
Director
Matthew Fifer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Matthew Fifer's second feature after 'Cicada'—he's quietly building a filmography about queer bodies in hostile spaces.
The 81-minute runtime is deliberate: Fifer wanted audiences to leave before they felt comfortable, mirroring the protagonist's unresolved exit.
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