A family's dangerous dependence on technology and social media spirals into a nightmarish scenario of mind control and manipulation in this paranoid horror film.
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The film opens with a jarring, lingering shot of a home at night followed by a bloodied young man, setting an ominous tone for the family's digital descent.
Each family member is trapped in their own virtual world - the daughter faces social pressure, the son is addicted to gaming, the mother is lost in self-help videos, and the father has a disturbing online obsession, hinting at deeper personal traumas.
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Brian Babarik, Noelle Gutierrez, Kian Lawson-Khalili, Johanna Smitz, Tomas Engström, Do Not Open