An online scammer gains access to a target’s webcam after growing a bit of an obsession with her when she opens up and personalizes herself to him. As he creepily embeds himself as a silent witness to her life, utilizing every camera hooked up to her computer, he begins to notice something unsettling is going on in her home… and not just the fact that he’s mentally disturbed and stalking this poor woman. They converse and Ruth lets on that she thinks her home is haunted, even emailing this stranger on the phone some terrifying video proof. Wrapped up in the intrigue, he lets her know that he has access to her cameras and has even seen something strange himself. From there, things swiftly spiral into nightmare territory and the likelihood of anything close to a happy ending for either person drops to near zero. It’s a two-person show for the most part and luckily for us director/writer Isaac Rodriguez (Last Radio Call and Deadware) has found two people who are good at their jobs. Rahul Chakraborty is excellent as the troubled conman, juggling a role that’s sad, pathetic and disturbing with ease. On the other end of the leash, Mandy Lee Rubio is solid as the woman who is wrapped up in more than one bit of awfulness through no fault of her own and brings the perfect level of sympathy and likability to someone who may be a little too trusting but still doesn’t come off as a fool. It will make sense of some plot holes by the time the credits hit. It loses steam as it winds down and gets a little too silly for its own good but the trip getting there works pretty damn well and it may not be the climax we wanted, but it’s the climax we deserve.
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