The Aviary

The Aviary

2022 · 95 min · EN · R · 5.7 (25 votes)
Dir. Jennifer Raite, Chris Cullari · Starring Malin Åkerman, Lorenza Izzo, Chris Messina, Sandrine Holt · Music Zac Clark

Believing is deceiving.

Thriller

A twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called The Aviary, Jillian and Blair join forces to escape in hopes of real freedom. Consumed by fear and paranoia, they can’t shake the feeling that they are being followed by the cult’s leader, Seth, a man as seductive as he is controlling. The more distance the pair gains from the cult, the more Seth holds control of their minds. With supplies dwindling and their senses failing, Jillian and Blair are faced with a horrifying question: how do you run from an enemy who lives inside your head?

VIBE

A suffocating, sun-baked nightmare. This film crawls under your skin, blurring the lines between reality and delusion. It's a tense, disorienting descent into paranoia where the desert itself feels like a character, amplifying the characters' inner turmoil.

dread-soakedparanoidclaustrophobicdesperatesteadypsychological thrillerdesert noirA24 arthousesurvivalgaslightingfreedommental health
escapenew mexicohallucinationcultsurvivalmurdertherapynew mexico desert
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