Katie, a freelance video editor in desperate need of work, receives a high-paying offer to edit a cryptic and bizarre video from an anonymous employer. Strapped for cash and facing eviction, Katie eagerly accepts the gig. The video depicts people being tortured and even killed on camera — surely just elaborately staged fiction. But when the first job leads to even more lucrative work, and more disturbingly realistic snuff films, Katie’s life begins to crumble. Strange figures in her apartment, horrific nightmares keeping her awake, and a mysterious illness plaguing her cat. It’s only when Katie decides to finally quit the job that she learns just how cruel her anonymous employer really is, and to what bloody lengths she herself will go to get out of her contract.
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00:00I'm an editor. I work freelance, and sometimes I don't have a job. Sometimes I do, for like
00:12movies and stuff. Sometimes more stock than movies. Did you get that job you're talking
00:17about? The commercial? Yeah. I mean, no, I haven't heard back yet. I'm a good editor,
00:24you know? You should hire me. We'll be in touch. Katie, this could blow over. It's like
00:30you gotta hang in there till it passes. Hey, this mystery job sounds promising, right?
00:35It's like 100% a scam, but that's where I'm at in my life right now.
00:59These videos are getting in my head. I mean, it must be fake. What do you know about these
01:15people? Nothing. They're after my family. They're trying to destroy my life. What exactly have they
01:21done? They paid you to edit some videos, and then they asked you to do something. That is it. I told
01:26you, you gotta put those videos behind you. No amount of money is worth this. It's real.
01:36They're in my apartment, or I'm dreaming that they are. I don't know what's real and what's
01:41not anymore. They're watching me, controlling my life. They know where I live, who my family is,
01:46everything about me. They won't let me get out of this. I'm losing grip of my sanity.