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Samantha is already struggling to hold her life together when a party ends in a sexual assault. The following morning, she assumes that her…Read more +Read less −

Samantha is already struggling to hold her life together when a party ends in a sexual assault. The following morning, she assumes that her discomfort will pass. Instead, frightening symptoms begin to appear and grow worse over the next few days. Working a restaurant job, living under her mother’s anxious scrutiny and desperate to repair her relationship with girlfriend Nikki, Samantha tries to keep moving as though nothing has changed. Medical reassurance offers little help, while the people around her mistake what is happening for familiar problems they think they understand. Eric England’s body-horror film narrows its attention to a young woman whose physical deterioration intensifies an existing sense of isolation, turning ordinary conversations and daily routines into increasingly terrifying encounters.

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Najarra Townsend

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Country: United States
Language: English
Premiere: 2013-11-22
Runtime: 83 minutes
Director: Eric England

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Last researched 2026-10-31. Editorially approved.

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