A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
- Floramae
- (voice)
- Paula
- (voice)
- Dad
- (voice)
- Klaus
- (voice)
- Scott
- (voice)
- John
- (voice)
- Shiloh
- (voice)
- Jarad
- (voice)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie is a one-hander which means it has a cast of just one actor.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Jarad: [on the phone] I wanna tell you a story. Ever since I was young, there was something different about my family. A secret.
Jarad: Mom reckoned she'd been followed her whole life. Well, this one time, we're at the beach, and Mom sees this guy pointing a camera at us. She starts going off at him, but he's just frozen watching us. He says, "I'm sorry, this is just the way it has to be." And then he runs.
Jarad: Until slam! He jumps straight in front of a car. Like it was deliberate. Dead on impact.
Jarad: After the ambulance takes him away, I pick up the camera he dropped. It's a mode I've ever seen, and there are thousands of photos on it. And every single photo is of Mom and our family.
We have a tendency, these days, to watch movies with other things going on around us, this is not that kind of movie.
It would be great in a cinema but I doubt it will get a release there. Instead, be prepared to set up the room with no distractions, lower the lights and get into it. Remember Blair Witch, you need to be immersed.
If you do that then you will find a good story, well acted, some good clues but not much truly revealed, too early, and a pretty reasonable ending that ties it all together.
Whilst it is scifi, that is all in the concept rather than the action so its closer to a thriller than anything else.
With the cinematography, it was all too mono and dark. I guess they were trying to set a mood but it was the same throughout with no light and shade, just grey. This didn't suit the surroundings of a house with massive windows, in the open, and lost the chance to convey any passing of time from day to night and vice versa. With only one charachter for 90 minutes, it needed something more to vary the pace so they could have done a hell of a lot better with that and it would have driven the story.
If nothing else, I just love the house that the movie is set in.
With all that said, on the whole, it is well worth watching and deserving of a decent rating if it is watched as a movie should be. Its definitely not a 10 but is worth and hour and half of your life.
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- Apr 29, 2024
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Монолит
- Filming locations
- Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia(main location: Balhannah)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- A$640,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $12,480
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1