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Directed by
Parker Finn
Produced by Wyck Godfrey, Robert Salerno, Marty Bowen, and Isaac Klausner
Written by Parker Finn Based on the short film Laura Hasn't Slept by Parker Finn
Produced by Wyck Godfrey, Robert Salerno, Marty Bowen, and Isaac Klausner
Written by Parker Finn Based on the short film Laura Hasn't Slept by Parker Finn
With:
Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Jessie T. Usher, Robin Weigert, Caitlin Stasey, Kal Penn, Rob Morgan, Gillian Zinser, Judy Reyes, Jack Sochet, Nick Arapoglou, Perry Strong, and Matthew Lamb
Cinematography:
Charlie Sarroff
Editing: Elliot Greenberg
Music: Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Editing: Elliot Greenberg
Music: Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Runtime:
115 min
Release Date: 30 September 2022
Aspect Ratio: 2.00 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 30 September 2022
Aspect Ratio: 2.00 : 1
Color: Color
Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick) who played Patricia Krenwinkel in Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner’s Charlie Says (2018), stars as a psychiatrist in a hospital psychiatric ward whose life begins to unravel after she witnesses a shocking incident involving a traumatized patient. Expanding his 2022 short film Laura Hasn't Slept into a feature, Parker Finn hasn't crafted a great psychological horror thriller so much as he's constructed an effective jump-scare delivery system. But the strong performances keep you glued to your seat, and Finn makes good use of what David Thompson famously called "the most special effect of all"—the human face.