''Inside'' is a 2011 American

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horror thriller film brought to viewers through a partnership between

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and

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. Directed and written by D. J. Caruso and starring

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, the experience is broken up into several segments across multiple

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platforms, including

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, and

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. Viewers are challenged to help Rossum's character, Christina, to safely escape her predicament. The film bears some similarities to the non-social 2008 film '' Untraceable'' in that it involves kidnapping and an Internet audience as part of the plot. The first in a series of episodes was released on the website on July 25, 2011 for those participating in the "real-time experience". The whole film became available for online viewing on September 6, 2011 on their website, though both the website and YouTube channel no longer exist.

Plot

Twenty-four-year-old Christina Perasso, a tough, resilient girl, wakes up trapped in a room and has no idea where she is being held or who did this to her. She has been left access to her laptop. Through the use of an intermittent

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signal, she reaches out to friends, family and an audience through social media. She lists facts, clues, pictures and videos to aid the audience in figuring out where she is, who her captor is, and why she was kidnapped.

Cast

as Christina Perasso * Cooper Thornton as Federal Agent Stu MacArthur * Molly Hagan as Mrs. Cathy Perasso * Melissa Tang as Jennifer Myer *

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as Emma Hickox *

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as Kirk Francis * Hayley Chase as Lucca Scibird *

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as H1ghway_man

References

External links

* {{D. J. Caruso 2011 horror thriller films American horror thriller films Films directed by D. J. Caruso Films scored by Brian Tyler Intel Internet films Films about the Internet Films about social media Toshiba Sponsored films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language horror thriller films