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Don't Let Them Out

Lila McLaughlin
United States, 2025, 88 min.

In English.
Includes adult language.

A psychological horror-thriller about a struggling woman who journeys to a property she inherited, in hopes of selling it to pay her debts. But instead is thrust into a harrowing nightmare, uncovering sinister truths about her family's past that lure her down a perilous rabbit hole.

Director's Statement

I wanted to make a horror-thriller with a compelling story infused with relatable themes of today; debt, displacement, generational trauma, mental illness, and survival. An emotional roller-coaster ride about a woman haunted by spirits from the past, and her own demons. A unique perspective from a flawed character, that challenges our own worries and identity in an abrupt, gutsy, thought-provoking, unsettling manner. With attention to the phone calls as they go from disjointed to honest to psychosis. Revealing to the audience the characters motivation and desperation down a twisted scavenger hunt, as it pulls the rug out from under them.

Category: Horror, Thriller, Feature.

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