Den Poster

Details

  • Director: Zachary Donohue
  • Writer:
  • Producer: David Brooks and Dan Clifto
  • Cast: Melanie Papalia
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Synopsis

After receiving a grant for her graduate thesis, Elizabeth Benton (Melanie Papalia) logs onto a video-chat site known as the Den, on a mission to explore the habits of its users. During one of her random video-chats, Elizabeth watches in horror as a teenage girl is gruesomely murdered in front of her webcam.

While the police dismiss it as a viral prank, Elizabeth believes what she saw is real and takes it upon herself to find the truth. Her life quickly spirals out of control as she gets pulled deeper into the darkest recesses of the internet. And eventually, Elizabeth finds herself trapped in a twisted game in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim. [CREDIT IFC FILMS]

Trailer

 

Reviews

"Almost every image in this movie - from webcams, websites and laptop cameras - appears on a monitor. Scenes pulse with the Internet's speed and sprawl, aided by clever editing that pops."
"The Den thrives on conjuring horrors rooted in our susceptibility to 419 scams and the ease with which ingenuity informed by evil can break down the hardly secure walls that separate you from, say, a Russian hacker. And in the way it refracts those horrors through the cascading windows of programs on operating systems we've come to understand more intimately than our own selves, it becomes dizzying in its creepiness..The Den thrives on conjuring horrors rooted in our susceptibility to 419 scams and the ease with which ingenuity informed by evil can break down the hardly secure walls that separate you from, say, a Russian hacker. And in the way it refracts those horrors through the cascading windows of programs on operating systems we've come to understand more intimately than our own selves, it becomes dizzying in its creepiness.."
Ed Gonzales, SLANT MAGAZINE
"The Den is one of the scariest movies I've seen in years. With a tight 75-minute running time, it moves like a bullet and jolts the hell out of you on a regular basis. This is the kind of film that, when it's over, makes you want to sit down and calm your nerves for a while."
Mike McGranaghan, AISLESEAT
"Zachary Donohue scores big with The Den, executing on a strong gimmick at a speedy, flowing pace. The scares are real, the obsession warranted, and the horror unsettling - yet undoubtedly true. Click around the bowels of internet Hell one day, I dare you. There are monumentally dark places on the internet society just shouldn't uncover, and The Den is one of them - but you're going to watch it anyway, and I can't blame you. Safe chatting, everyone!"
Matt Donato, WE GOT THIS COVERED

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