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. The film premiered at the 2013 Telluride Horror Show and followed multiple film festival screenings including

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. The short premiered online Halloween 2014 and became a viral YouTube short receiving over 1.5 million views. The same production team made a follow-up film '' Brentwood Strangler'' released in 2016.

Premise

Alison is left home alone on Halloween night, but while chatting with her best friend Jenna over Skype, something terrifying happens to Jenna, leaving Alison helpless on the other side of the computer screen, watching in horror.

Cast

as Allison *

as Jenna * Ryan Dillon as Steve * Adam J. Yeend as Gary Gray

External links

Official website
*

References

{{reflist 2013 horror films 2013 films American horror short films 2010s mystery films Halloween horror films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language horror short films English-language mystery films