This movie is an intense ride. It doesn’t necessarily throw in a bunch of plot twists to surprise you, but it does what it sets out to do very well. The initial setup is strikingly similar to Victor Lavalle’s book THE DEVIL IN SILVER, which, if you haven’t read it, is highly recommended. Thankfully, this movie eventually goes off in its own direction.

We have had some issues medically in the past, and this movie at times rang very true to chilling effect. Medicine is one of those things that is great for horror. It takes a colossal amount of money and education to understand it well enough to make actually informed decisions, so we’re forced to take the word of experts whom we trust not to lead us astray. Everyone gets sick, and everyone eventually has to deal with doctors, which means surrendering some of our control of our lives over to someone else. That is where this movie succeeds, by revelling and taunting us with our hopeless lack of control in the face of experts telling us what to do.

Aesthetically, this almost feels like a 70s exploitation film at times. Part of that is due to it being shot entirely on an iPhone. It gives the film a cheap, almost grainy quality, like an old sleazy VHS tape.

The iPhone makes the aspect ratio a little off–not quite as wide as the typical movie, which leads to the sides of the frame looking cropped. Often there’s a warping effect to shots that distort the picture, and create a bubbling similar to that of a 360 degree camera. This bothered me at first, but it puts the beginning in a much more voyeuristic frame. Typically, even though we are watching movies, we expect to slot into the main character’s perspective and assume their POV. Instead, this film is shot in a way to keep us distant from the main character, to make us feel like we’re spying on her, which is a great effect considering the character’s history.

This is a cheap, dirty movie, and while not necessarily mold-breaking, is very effective and creepy.