maneater
are you afraid of ghosts?
Theo, shattered by a recent breakup, is consumed by a creeping parasocial obsession that blurs his reality.Isolated and paranoid in his dimly lit house, he compulsively uses his phone to replay and speak to the idealized version of his ex.His self-made digital sanctuary is violently broken when the line between his liminal fantasy and an uncomfortable, real-life presence is shattered by the arrival of her ghost
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Theo, shattered by a recent breakup, is consumed by a creeping parasocial obsession that blurs his reality. Isolated and paranoid in his dimly lit house, he compulsively uses his phone to replay and speak to the idealized version of his ex. His self-made digital sanctuary is violently broken when the line between his liminal fantasy and an uncomfortable, real-life presence is shattered by the arrival of her ghost
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- Oct 15, 2023
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- 0h 5m
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