Mr foundflix man, I don’t really comment on KZfaq vids and Ik ur not gonna see this but I just wanna say I’m really grateful for ur vids. Your channel is so chill, helpful for when I don’t wanna watch the whole movie or don’t understand parts of it, and your voice is so relaxing to listen to (like I’m at a campfire listening to stories and because I’m so use to hearing it over the years I’ve been subscribed to ur channel) I hope for more years of watching your channel

I actually think the ending is the answer to Hannah’s disappearance. He’s trying to come up with a scenario that makes him the hero, where I kinda think that he killed her. The fact that it’s clearly Hannah walking into the road at first but changes to a nonhuman being when they actually collide is him trying to avoid responsibility. That’s just my theory.

The film has several of it's own kind of "subliminal intrusions" that pop up in dialogue and scenes; things like James getting uncomfortable when asked what he does for fun (only stating he likes cameras), Alice's dialogue about Stalking and how it makes her feel in control and powerful, repeated allusions to young girls, Spying and Voyeurism, Phone Tapping, Surveillance; digging into people's private lives and past, James attending those meetings but never discussing anything and just watching others; those with mental issues being fascinated/obsessed with tech and the Phreaking culture, analog tech in general, multiple characters with mental issues like the group of kids that did the first Sal-E hijack, and just the entire Hannah memory/video itself: it's highly revealing - Notice how James seems to be running after her? Chasing her? She's never turned to him, and when she does, she turns into Sal-e in his memories: an idealized object, essentially (as much as I loathe the framing as it's usually used); I don't think James was ever married to her or even knew her. He was stalking her, murdered her, and took her wedding ring. He obsessed over her, even having videos of her Ballet performances. He likely was a telephone operator, in line with his dialogue with Alice about what she "learned" on the Tapes. That puts the "Stop filming me" line in the Final Tape he has of her in a *completely* different context: she sounds like she's half-heartedly laughing because she's nervous and doesn't know James. It's also why he's so reluctant to give the specific Tape Player to the Chester guy and discuss the tape with him at all, basically shutting him out entirely any time he asks: it's the ONLY memory and evidence he has of them together, and its revealing of his true nature and what he did, which is what causes him the delusions when viewing it and trying to remember it: he needs the tape player to ever be able to experience that, but *he desperately doesn't want to remember the end and what he did.* At the end of the film, he has everything in his trunk as well, though to him and the viewer it's "circumstance": a mask, even likely the knives used in the tapes. Notice the mask is damaged and shows signs of attempted repair throughout the various tapes: James has been "fixing" it, the way he "Fixed all of them". It's *HIS OWN* story he's been "discovering", and filled the blanks in himself, about Sal-E and Hannah and it all in the first place based on the in-universe actual Doc Chronos hijack. When he forces the confession out of the Stranger on the farm at the end, it's entirely a story of his creation, which is why the guy is terrifyingly confused and why James says "you'll understand" when asked why he's doing this and if he'll stop if he just reads James's message. Furthermore, it's clear he's wearing Hannah's jacket; if he wasn't there when she disappeared, how would he have it, or think/know she was wearing it in his memories of running through the field? It's because he took it after chasing her down. Think about all of the equipment he has in his apartment before the movie even starts; why would he have it all? Just because his job is to watch for Signal Intrusions? It doesn't add up and paints a picture of James as a neurotic, obsessive individual who gets a weird pleasure from immersing himself in his voyeuristic world, surrounded by his tapes and equipment, obsessing over them. Essentially, I believe James is either one of the original Kids who participated in the Sal-E hijacks, or, influenced by them so greatly, projected a kind of copycat mentality onto them, taking inspiration from them for his sick actions and an excuse in the form of the hijacks, allowing him his delusions of innocence. What's happening in the later Tapes (everything but the original 1987 Sal-E hijacking tape) is meant to be evocative of the violence James has done to these women and how he views his actions in the context of being "someone else". It might be reaching, but with the director being the age they are, I wouldn't doubt if there's some Silent Hill 2 inspiration going on there.

The ”I Feel Fantastic” inspiration feels like something that needs to be mentioned in a video like this

This is a pretty sad look at a lot of real people in life today; they want answers but sometimes reject the truth because it's not what they expected or wanted to hear. Reality is stranger than fiction they say, but the fiction some people create for reality can be terrifying.

unreliable protaganists are so good when done right. constantly making you question even the most mundane scenes, making you think back on previous ones and wonder if they really happened or not. very interesting

I think you're right with everything there at the end, Alice is a figment of James' mind trying to conjure up his wife to in a way help him along, and all the things she says is trying to help him come back to reality and give him the truth of what has happened. But as you said he doesn't want to believe he was responsible in any way shape or form for Hannah's death. So when Alice was saying that the investigation was over, that was essentially his wife saying "You have your answers, from me and all these people you have talked to, now come back to reality and stop chasing a pipe dream" But when he wouldn't listen she disappeared because that was her giving James his final warning before he fully descends into madness. James was warned time and time again through the movie, but each time rejected the warnings for his own reality where he is the hero and could never be the villain.

What I love about this film is that it DOES give enough evidence for the audience to form its own conclusions but there in lies the trap. It really captures what makes films such a compelling media as it puts you exactly in the main protagonist shoes. So many hints and clues and revelations that go into such varying directions, that they all at the same time hold value but that means that non of them do. Also 30 minute video and not a single reference to the eerie "I Feel Fantastic" video. Shocked when inspiration included not that but Small Wonder.

The underage girl thing makes sense for James also since he over heard the two men talking about a 16 year old girl. I also believe he imagined the whole antique show scenario or he killed the guy during his break down

0:37 What the clips of the masked person strongly reminds me of is the video of that robot saying "I feel fantastic".

Between the main character being named James, the story being filtered through his Perseption, the wife "surrogate" that meets him and looks a whole lot like his dead wife who he is searching for, and that dead wife having a very vague death that James may or may not be involved in This movie Silent Hill 2'd us.

this whole movie gives a lot of “what happens outside of Analog Horror ARGs” kind of vibes. Like people who dig very deep into Analog Horror ARGs like Gemini Home Entertainment, Local58, The Mandela Catalogue, and more. It’s interesting as hell and I love this movie, even with the left out ending.

I like the psychological mindfuckery that the entire movie delves in, but I personally really dislike endings that are left open like this, it's left for us to theorize whether he just lost his sanity from all his cope or what?

What if the Michael character was actually a kid and James just saw him as an adult because he's so far gone at that point. It'd explain Michael's behavior and mentioning his dad.

I actually sought out and watched this before watching the video, because it is literally one of my weird, obscure fears. I remember obsessing over and being terrified of the Max Headroom Incident as a kid. Many things in this film are references to not only real world BSIs but ARGs as well. The statement "I fixed them" immediately drew me to a character known as "iliketofix" from the Wyoming Incident ARG. This movie was like, tailor made for people like me.

I think Nora at one point offered him a way out he could've just gone out with her and let all that stuff go but he just could not let go even when offered an off ramp.

Whenever my mental health gets bad I find myself watching multiple Explained videos on this channel......fantastic distraction and this channel has been extremely helpful in that sense.....keep up the good content!

The intrusions are so cryptic and ominous, it's really cool to see them

The way I see it James made this whole thing up. The tapes was his escape to blame it on someone else. He doesn't wanna be held responsible for his wife's death.

6:13 The show they call "Don Chronos" is actually "Dark Shadows" (Christopher Pennock as Cyrus Longworth, in the "Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde" adaptation storyline) Episode 987, to be precise.

So from what I figure after reading the comments and watching the movie and my own thoughts 1. The disappearances and the hijacks aren't connected in anyway. They're just coincidence's that our protag desperately tries to connect in a way that makes sense. But there's no real evidence behind any of it 2. Hannah wasn't his wife, she was just some woman he stalked and ended up killing one way or another. The ending showed him clearly running her over so that might have been how he did it. Protag mentions that the funeral was a closed casket since they never found her body but also shows her wearing a jacket that our Protag is seen wearing. 3.Alice isn't real, it's just his mind trying to tell him that he got the answers he wanted. He's just too grief stricken and unwell to listen to "her". It's why he gets frustrated and angry when he tries to confront people and they respond back with anger and confusion, because they either told him what they knew or don't know anything at all but none of that is good for him since he wants "closure". 4. Protag definitely made some of the tapes or had a hand in it. One of the tapes had his "wifes" ballet in it but since Public Access doesn't archive anything and this is a recording of his "wife" it could only be his doing. The third tape was all him 5. The man he met underground and the schizo man likely weren't real people either. The underground man was cryptic about everything and the schizo man never gave any answers that made sense and might have been a representation of his mental state deteriorating 6. The guy he ends up killing around the end was just some person who had no idea what was going on. It's why he never really confesses to anything and keeps asking what's going on and denying everything else 7. What the basement man told him was the truth but because it wasn't what Protag wanted to hear (Because it had nothing to do with the murders) he instead insisted he was lying and even thought that the basement man kept saying 3 tapes. The phone still being there might have been for a long dedicated joke on the hijackers end. The basement man said that he was finally a part of something and that his childhood kinda sucked so he's likely just holding onto something for the memories in a similar way our Protag holds onto the only 2 tapes he has of Hannah TLDR; Protag is a stalker/murderer, maybe even a potential serial killer that is too unwell to cope with the fact he killed the one woman he seemed to be very invested in so he tries to connect the dots on two events that just so happened to occur around the same time so he can get some "closure" and not have to admit he's a murderer

my biggest question after watching this film was: what was the rattling upstairs when they were all in the basement?

if a lot of the side characters are just figments of his imagination, then maybe the guy the antique seller was talking to about a 16 yr old girl was a really quick throw away line to tie james to alice's background story? idk movies like this never add anything that isnt of meaning. that conversation was way too blasé. EDIT: this also explains the side eye of disappointment Alice had when James first sees her face at the antique shop right before the encounter. Also why he was super awkward and uncomfortable when she asked him what he likes to do/hobbies. For all we know the Michael's house was his old pedophile hangout and Michael was actually a little kid that James thought was an adult due to his mental health decline. That would explain why Michael kept asking for his dad like a kid.

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Makes me think of Memento. Grieving husband with questions can’t accept answers that don’t give him closure so creates closure by implicating Teddy.

I think this might be the first time that your explanation didn't make me less scared of a movie 😱😰 that mask, man......... nope nope nope!

Been watching you for ages FoundFlix. Always entertaining and easy to listen to. Love from the UK

the wild west days of the internet are truly fascinating, and I wish more media explored it.

Im not so sure about this movie. To me the main intrusion villian reminds me a lot of old creepy youtube videos that used to float around. For example, videos like "I feel fantastic" is what immediately struck me when I saw the villain. Another thing it reminds me of is characters by Shaye st John. I'm not sure if the director was inspired by these things but after watching this movie I can't help but feel the design of the characters are a little TOO inspired in my opinion

I watched the premier of this film at the Imax in London and spoke to the director. He said that one of the other main inspirations of this film was the 'I feel Fantastic' videos.

I was so confused by even your explanation of this movie I had to watch your video twice. I think I lean toward a lot of what happens is all delusions and created by his mind. He can't deal with his grief, loss and not knowing that he's chasing a white rabbit, losing the original question, losing himself.

It’s unrelated to the theme of the movie but I really like seeing more Asian American leads in horror movies

Someone really loved the "I Feel Fantastic" video

"Larva stages of the internet we know today" is the best thing I've heard all day.

Great video as always, would love to see you do an Ending Explained for 'Number 23' with Jim Carrey It was a trippy movie that I really liked and enjoyed personally

Please do The innocence. Looks like an interesting folklore movie. Hopefully that’s not it’s main thing

Im programmed to tune in every Sunday night like clockwork, I love these videos! I'll never stop binging old ones too

Oh, nice. I haven't thought of BBS boards in a long time. Had a lot of fun on those. Some of the games we could play were pretty good: Red Dragon and even a massive multiplayer AD&D game Neverwinter Nights Gold Edition.

Is this movie kinda along the same idea as Momento? Where his memory is going towards the truth while also running away from it? All the indecipherable clues there to get in the way of facing whatever actually happened because it's painful

Anyone else notice the house / mannequin at 6:20 looks near-identical to the “I Feel Fantastic” video from like 15 years ago?

A lot of these incursion videos must’ve been inspired by the ‘I Feel Fantastic’ videos on KZfaq. Same creepy robots, masks, and ominous room. Pretty fun to see modern references in a movie like this.

I love it how the FBI couldn't do anything in years, then mr/ms protagonist just go "oh look a reflection, and Morse, and I tracked the phone".

I literally watched the movie after I saw your new video posted. I thought Alice was, like, in cahoots with Michael, him being the "underage girl" guy who she didn't actually leave and checking in with him, resulting in the phone calls. Wild movie, thank you for info from the commentary. It seemed so fishy, the FBI investigating but not being able to find this clearly-labeled farm. The ragged guy who's been searching for years and killed himself over the whole thing who thinks he found something but what could it have even been.

With all the sadness lately (in my life and in the news/globally), your videos are such a reprieve!

My interpretation was that the subliminal messages in the intrusions (that the professor had warned James about) had planted false ideas in James’s mind. I was surprised that wasn’t more of a plot point, I thought it was a really interesting idea.

Like James from silent hill 2, the subconscious guilt from murdering his wife is tearing his psyche and soul apart in his search for what he believes is the truth.

You know he's doing well when he gets two sponsorships in a video

It looks like the sally sparks character is also based on those videos of the robot lady. I don’t know what she’s called but she’s like a blonde mannequin with a robot voice and people tried to say it was a serial killer who made her.

I love how this movie really plays on people who are true crime buffs and how people pick and choose what they want to believe with certain conspiracies. James fills in so many blanks that don't add up or make sense. By the films end which grew on me you can't even tell what was real and what wasn't. Did he even talk to the guy in the basement? There's so many times that people who think they are sleuths try to figure stuff out and they create a narrative to help them feel like they have solved their issues. In James perspective he used this weird series of incidents to solve his missing wives case. It's a interesting movie about how grief like the one guy says to James drives you to do stuff you would never do. James in the end is so far gone down his own rabbit hole he's become a super unreliable narrator. And in the end we much like a person who's mentally stable unlike James has no clue what happened not really. We don't know what James even did. Much like a old true crime case that isn't solved there's no answers other then the ones we fill in our selves. It's a great film about the power of a good mystery and how in certain cases you can completely lose yourself in it. I mean was Alice even real??? Lol I loved how by the films end we really know nothing about anything.

I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie. As a huge horror movie fan, I’ve been wanting to see a horror movie that is not just the same thing regurgitated. This was very original. I’m so glad that I got to see it.

I remember when you had only a hundred thousand subscribers now look how much you've grown! Great job man glad to see it happening for you

"I can't tell you who rented the storage unit! Privacy laws and whatnot. Best I can do is open it, let you inside, let you fuck around with the contents, and then tell you some stuff about when it was rented and for how long..."

So I really think your right when you say that the main character has basically lost his mind and a majority of the story is very altered. Like how the main character basically starts in a place of being stable and trying to come to terms with the loss of his wife. However the moment the possibility of an explanation for the "disappearance" shows up he splits into 2 different personalities or sides of belief. (Much like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) TLDR: Main character was a pedo and kidnapper who had a house with his wife Hanna until she found out or finally came to terms about his (Mr Hyde) crazy side where he kept girls in cages. So she killed herself and he mentally broke, then trying to run away from his past life and self trying to become a new person in the city (Dr Jekyll). But the tapes created the perfect escape for him to not blame himself anymore for the suicide. Met up with his old contact who he knew from pedo times to get info. Kept following this nice trail of evidence he found so he fell deeper and deeper into his own delusion until he fully embraced it becoming who he was before again (Mr Hyde). Followed it to the point where he actually figured it out but it has a bad resolution for him meaning he still had to deal with him being responsible. So he created a villain from a kid that he kidnapped (I think it was a neighbor kid that just happened to show up wanting to explore an abandoned house) made a set to make it easier for his mind to think of this kid as an adult. Then murdered the kid going about his new life as a full on Mr Hyde murderer who can not even be responsible for anything especially not his wife's death, he does such as running over a girl and possibly maiming her bad so bad she is falling apart but not his fault since the girl was just a robot. There is a reason behind what I think through all the scenes but that is a shit ton to type out so if you are really curious why I think this let me know.

It just occurred to me that Hannah couldn't have been a third victim associated with the broadcast intrusion because the other girls went missing the day *before* the intrusion, while Hannah disappeared the day *after* the intrusion.

1:41 His job was actually transferring tv broadcast archives from VHS to DVD formats. 2:52 He actually didn't want to let it go I would assume from sentimental value. He has the technology available at least at his work that he would be able to view/transfer the tapes contents to DVD or at least VHS. 9:14 It is actually the day after his wife's accident/disappearance. 12:56 Access to the complete unredacted FBI file on the case, as Dr. Lithgow told him it was unlikely he would get it from a freedom of information act request to them. 15:50 The hand wasn't glowing. It as just the light shining on a hand covered in white latex, like what was used in the videos to cover the supposed victims hands. 17:19 He was actually looking at the razor blade in his hands, not at his feet. 18:50 His P.O. Box not address 32:15 He has actually been wearing that jacket since he drove to the farm. You plainly see its red color and the ballerina logo on the back when he steps out of the car at the farm.

My biggest problem with this movie? The husband is worried his memory of his wife’s face is fading, yes-yes I know this was set back when camcorders were a thing but are you seriously telling me they were married after being together for however long ... and yet he doesn’t have a single goddamned picture of her face? This was my biggest problem with The Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki too 😤😤😤 Thanks for another great video FoundFlix and go hug your animal friends folks 💙🐱💙

The longer your videos are, the happier I am.

I just realised this while listening to your outro but I think that unfortunately the thing of the main character liking underage girls is real. When he visits the antiques shop he overhears a deal including a sixteen year old girl. That conversation has no barring on the story except I guess to give a reason why it's a crime scene later but it's quite a coincidence that this guy who has jumbled thoughts and memories just so happens to overhear a conversation about implied paedophilia while there are also questions of whether he himself is a paedophile. My take is that that conversation didn't happen, and his mind was just wandering off into perverse sexual stimulation and he was thinking of buying or kidnapping a sixteen year old girl, but knew that it was wrong so he puts that internal dialogue onto two external figures so that he doesn't have to claim ownership of those ideas.

Glad to see you have sponsors now and don’t know how they work but I would prefer them at the start/ beginning if possible, the best part of the videos has always been the straight through movie narrative.

The concept of this movie sounds really interesting an with the whole max headroom signal hi jacking in it got me even more interested! I always found that strange an really fascinating at the same time!

These videos light up my day each week, appreciate you!

I’m pretty sure James killed Hannah because she found out he was keeping under age girls in cages in his house. He seems to be really good at subduing people and putting them in cages so that’s what I’m guessing. But hey, that’s just me being like James trying to form a plot.

11:39 Fires him but gives him a farewell present, what a legend

I just want to say you used the word modulate for the signal he's actually using demodulation throughout the course of the movie because he's trying to actively recover the carrier signal frequency. He may have tested some things with modulation but ultimately his end goal is to demodulate. I'm sorry just had to say it since I just took a communication theory course to finish bachelor's in electrical engineering.

The fact that James and 'the killer' are wearing the exact same colours during their confrontation made me decide he was actually confronting and burying a part of himself. Edit: implying it was him that killed his wife.

I am so glad you broke this movie down for me because honestly, i would not have sat thru 2 hours of it. It goes in to many circles and too much dialogue. Not to mention the ending is left open, leaving me even more confused. Thank you Found flixs!

*This film was close to being a masterpiece* This director is one to watch.

“The person is gone” 5:44 She wasn’t fast enough to make the disappear act

Kinda weird the movie tackles the themes of needing to accept something you aren't able to and the main character shares the same name as the protagonist of Silent Hill 2 who has to come to terms with something he did but cannot accept. I'm thinking this might be intentional and if so, this tells us more about what actually happened to his wife. Or at least gives us more of an idea of how his mental state is and how heavily in denial would be

going on a tangent, i liked how this movie had an asian protagonist that is just a 'protagonist' with no asian agenda built in. It is refreshing.

This is my first time commenting on here but bro you literally carried my entire quarantine, I would watch ur vids in-between classes and during classes. Never quit bro

I think he is his own boss, he has a split personality and communicates with himself through post it notes. The boss persona being his rational side, the one we see is lost in his delusions of finding what happened to his missing 'wife', I also noticed the woman at the start is wearing gym clothes, instead of his wife it could be one of the missing girls he might be the 'Benjamin' that Alice talks about, Alice being a manifestation of the victim from the beginning of the film, he may never have had a wife at all. The ending he definitely kills a real woman with his car but unable to deal with his actions he sees her as a robot not a real person hence the screaming. Writing this I noticed that not having any real answers the viewer becomes a conspiracy theorist themselves, it can be interpreted in so many ways without getting any real answers just like the experience of the protagonist.

Gotta say, I'm glad Harry Shum has gotten more lead roles lately. I think he's a great actor sans his Glee era. I'm looking forward to watching this movie! I'm a sucker for the unreliable narrator/main character trope lol

man this movie totally surprised me. turned out way better than expected.

When you break it down like this, it reminds me a heck of a lot of the game Silent Hill 2.

The Dr. Who choice is clearly a reference to the Max Headroom broadcast interrupt that happened during an episode of Dr. Who! As for the jittery movement and mask? A reference to an old viral video called I Feel Fantastic.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. The way you break down a movie is second to none.

A man looking for his missing wife he may have had a hand in why he is missing but can't confront that truth, so a supernatual situation consumes him until he can face himself and let go. I do like Silent Hill when done well.

well, just watched this today, didn't like it, here's my theory: he hit hannah with his car, and the trauma causes amnesia followed by delusions. there is no actual third tape, and there is no intrusion on hannahs ballet tape.the other guy killed the two girls but not hannah. james can't recall her face because the last time he saw it, it was mangled and covered in blood from getting hit by his car. solving the mystery and killing that guy was james' way of processing the trauma, so he ends up suddenly experiencing flashbacks. he still sees hannah as an android as a last moment of delusion before fully recalling as the credits roll.

I'm listening to the audio while cleaning up and I thought the sponsorship part was the end of the video and thought "wow that really was abrupt"

"Hello fresh" could be a Horror movie about a killer who feeds his victims the flesh of his previous victims . Delivers anywhere at any time.

The footage of the masked person around 6:20 has the same creepy vibe as the “I feel fantastic” robot videos that are floating around on here.

5:44 "the person is gone" *clearly visible walking away*

Yeah nothing gets the blood going like a bat shit crazy conspiracy theory. And one involving controlling the air waves. Communications so very important.

This movie looks really good. Based on max headroom and the I Feel Fantastic. I may need to check it out

This, like all of your videos was great! Also! Are you going to cover 'Men' when it comes out on the 24th?? Would love that!! ❤️

I feel like this movie got inspiration by that KZfaq video called “I feel fantastic” and rumors say that it was one of the victims of murder saying that they are fine or something .

The director saw "I Feel Fantastic" and decided to make a whole ass movie about it

I’m noticing a bunch of typos in the movie’s scenes and that makes me wonder if we’ll get some cryptic message if we get all the letters

Perfect timing needed to watch something with dinner

I also feel like Sal-es design is based off of the “I feel fantastic” video. That’s definitely what I thought!

Real "I Feel Fantastic" crossed with Shaye St. John vibes on the video with the "android."

I was wondering why he didn't see the very striking resemblance of Alice and Hannah, but then Hannah was an object to him, anyway. It seems like she was the one that he actually loved (or believed he did), and her death is what broke his mind all the way, causing his amnesia. Hannah found out about his serial killing and secret taping set, and he had to kill her (maybe?). Alice conveniently fed him clues because they were locked away in his mind all along. He was the killer and the one who made the tapes. I haven't watched the movie, but I am definitely going to do so soon.

The movies Pandorum and It Follows are two excellent horror films and are fully deserving of your in-depth breakdowns/Ending Explained. I hope you find the time and give either film a chance both are great and original.

I honestly think, they tried one thing, and then did another while filming this movie. The change in direction, or inability to complete the movie, led to what we got. An unambiguous ending that suggests James is the killer. Maybe he is, but then that would mean everything that happened in the first half, didn't matter and was a complete misdirect. This movie had a lot of potential. It's great for atmosphere and considering they didn't get to finish the movie, it's amazing what they managed to pull off.

6:17 that looks like a reference to the "I feel fantastic" video.

This is just something I noticed and might not be true but seeing James falling deeper and deeper into his rabbit hole, it made me wonder if 'Alice' was a subtle nod to Alice in Wonderland except that its Alice herself who enables and leads James into conspiracy wonderland. Plus the fact that Hannah and Alice are played by the same actress, I thought it was an interesting take. Hannah or the answers behind her disappearance is what James has been looking for this whole time but when Alice appears before him, he doesn't recognize her. To me, this is like he's disregarding the reality that is presented to him and chooses to follow his delusion, which is why Alice disappears after they get their supposed answers from Steve (the owner of the storage unit). Steve's answers were not what James wanted to hear so he looked elsewhere.

Imagine if the Saw movies and the Spiral: From the Book of Saw movie had scenes of Billy the Puppet and pig-masked people hacking and interrupting TV viewers at their homes, showing footages of Billy, and the pig-masked people, telling the TV viewers that their loved ones are playing games, deadly games with trapped victims being told to try to hurt themselves a little bit to escape, and survive the traps before they kill them.

0:37 looks like a shot for shot recreation of "I feel Fantastic", nice

hey if you’re looking for something like the intrusion tapes theirs a video called “I feel fantastic” it’s super uncanny valley and there’s a whole mystery around Tara the android