A boy's experimental treatment facility becomes a chilling, gritty prison as supernatural forces emerge.
Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: real scares and several jump scares.
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A boy named Eli with a rare autoimmune disorder is confined to a special experimental clinic for his treatment. He soon begins experiencing supernatural forces, turning the supposedly safe facility into a haunted prison for him and his fellow patients.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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