The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
Acting
Tim Roth's tics and tremors—performance as hypnosis.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes silence and stutters.
Direction
Pate brothers squeeze dread from one ugly room.
Director
Jonas Pate
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