There’s an indie DIY spirit to the production design that lends itself well to the bizarre, claustrophobic atmosphere in writer/director Damian Mc Carthy‘s feature debut. The unnaturally aged and stained wallpaper, the dusty wood floors, haunted portraits that whisper, and even a tattered drumming rabbit toy that chatters to signal an unseen presence all contribute to the feeling that Isaac has fallen through the rabbit hole into a haunted funhouse of sorts. That he’s bound and unable to move freely, forcing him to reach and twist through holes in walls at moments, only exacerbates this feeling.

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