The Den Page #2

Synopsis: A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Director(s): Zachary Donohue
Production: IFC Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2013
81 min
Website
264 Views


Yes

Ow. He just kicked.

You could feel it

if you were here.

Oh, are you trying to lure me

over with promises of foetal

kicking?

Oh, that's what it's come to?

So, um, how's the prep coming?

Oh, I just finished his bedroom.

Really?

I want to see it.

Can you...

All right. Give me a sec.

Take your time, fatty.

I have a bowling ball in my

stomach, sis.

It takes time to do anything.

I'm pretty sure that babies

don't grow in the stomach.

All right. Check this out.

Okay. I'm checking.

Wow.

You have really outdone

yourself, Lyn.

Hold up.

What is this space crap?

I thought we decided dinosaurs.

Well, the guy at the store

said dinosaurs are way too '90s.

Okay, you trust the guy at

the store over your own flesh

and blood?

Flesh and blood who I haven't

seen in months.

You're seeing me now.

Why doesn't anybody get that?

Ass.

I got to go, anyway.

The satellite guy's here.

Okay, you're gonna need to

embrace the internet

at some point.

Bye.

Yeah, yeah.

Hello.

I am Isaac Atabayo.

Hi, Isaac.

I'm Elizabeth

Elizabeth, I need to speak to

you about a very urgent and

confidential matter, one that

requires your immediate assistance.

Okay.

I am a cousin of the late

Nigerian head of state who died

in 2010.

I need to transfer $11 million

out of my country as soon as

possible or I will lose it.

Okay.

What I need is a trustworthy

partner -- someone to act as a

beneficiary to help me move the

funds out of Nigeria.

Please.

I will give you $1 million for

your troubles.

Has this ever worked?

Yes. I just need

these few things.

Hey, I..I think I know you.

I think we met yesterday.

Okay.

Yeah, I do.

Uh, do you?

Yeah, I, uh, I think that I just

witnessed a murder.

Where are you right now?

My apartment.

But it happened online.

Ma'am, are you there?

Well, that looked real.

So, w..what do we do?

I mean, how do we even find out

who this person is?

Listen, we don't have the

resources to chase down every

suspicious video that pops up on

the internet.

But you just said it was real.

I said it looked real.

So, is there really nothing

else that I can do?

Well, I can put a call in to

the cyber-crimes unit, see if

they've had similar reports.

But, like I said, 99% of these

they turn out to be nothing.

Okay. Thanks.

I think it's a hoax.

Yeah, it could be.

You don't sound convinced.

How's the research coming?

I'm taking a break.

You want to come over?

Mr. T's dying for a walk.

No?

How can you turn down Mr. T?

I'm sorry.

I just.. I'm still out of it.

You know, I..I know this could be..

just be some viral prank, but...

I can't stop thinking

about this girl's face

Well, I mean, there's nothing

you can do about it

now, so just let it go.

What if you looked into it?

If I gave you her user name,

you could find out where's she from.

Wait. Are you serious?

I need to know.

I could get into a lot of trouble.

I'll pay you.

With what money?

I will give you a chunk of my grant.

I mean.. I don't want the money.

I'll do it, but you owe me.

Thank you.

Hold on.

Um...

Here.

This is her screen name.

I'll see what I can do.

Hey, girl!

You're fine!

Yo, check it out, baby.

I can make you cum so..

It's fake, Liz.

You got pranked.

How do you know that?

Because that's what these

people do.

I'm sure they recorded your

reaction, and now you're part of

some viral thing.

Uh, did you get my zoo video?

What zoo video?

It must not have come through.

Come on. What's that face?

You didn't see how awful it was.

God.

If it was that bad, maybe you

should get off the site.

Well, n.. I'm not just gonna

give up on the study.

The school gave me a lot of

money to do this.

I can't just tell them that I

changed my mind.

I don't know what you

want me to say.

It's the internet.

You should have expected

something like this.

Hey.

Nice.

Yeah.

I was just chatting with

this young girl.

No, I...

I don't.. I think..

I'll call you.

I will. I promise.

I'll call you.

Hey.

So, I know you're probably

chatting with a bunch of creeps

online, but, uh, I just wanted

to show you what the

real world looks like.

Uh, a goat.

The zebra.

The.. what the f*** is that?

Flamingos...As far as the

eye can see.

And finally...What you've been

waiting for.. hard-core smut.

Wish you were here.

Where this..

How did I know I'd find

you on here?

Hey, I cleaned up the place.

Dame...

Hey, how did I know I'd find

you on here?

Hey, I cleaned up the place.

Damien...

Hey, Damien, are you there?

Hey, this is Damien.

Just leave me a message after

the beep, and I'll get back to

you as soon as I can.

Yeah, hi.

Can you please connect me to

Sergeant Tisbert?

The apartment was empty when

we got here.

That's his computer.

Something must have

happened to him.

Why isn't anybody doing anything?

He wouldn't just leave his

computer behind.

You didn't find anything upstairs?

Just calm down for me,

please, all right?

Let's just go step by step and

we'll get this solved.

I got a video from his account.

What was on the video?

Something Damien made

me from the zoo.

How's your relationship?

Problems?

No. We're fine.

He wouldn't just up and leave

without telling me.

I think you should go home,

call around.

Young guys sometimes do stupid...

That sucks.

What's up?

Um, what kind of surprise?

Okay. Hold on.

I'll be over in a few.

All right. I'm coming.

Something is clearly wrong here.

This is not a crime scene.

It's a waste of my time and

police resources,

as well, so, please.

I'm sorry.

You're wrong about this.

Let's go, guys.

Come on.

Hey, are you here?

I'm outside your door.

Okay.

Liz?

Hello?

Are you in here?

Ha ha.

All right. Where are you?

What?

Liz?

What the hell?

You still haven't heard from him?

No.

The cops won't do anything for

another day.

But I've been checking his

e-mail for the past day and a

half, and he hasn't opened or

sent anything.

Uh, what about the girl?

Did you check?

I tried to find her account,

but there's no way of knowing

where she was chatting from?

It was bouncing off I don't know

how many I.P. addresses,

proxy servers.

What does that mean?

It.. it means that it's

really hard to find out where

she was chatting from.

Isn't this what you do?

I..I don't understand.

Listen, I'm trying to do you

a favour here.

Well, thanks for trying.

I know. I'm sorry.

I haven't responded to your e-mails.

What you did was completely

inappropriate and unacceptable.

I have had angry board members

calling me all day.

W..what are you talking about?

Don't play dumb.

You sent it from your e-mail address.

N..no, I didn't send you anything.

Okay, s..someone hacked my account.

I don't know what this is.

Oh, keep going.

Oh, don't stop.

Don't stop.

Professor, this is not...

You know, I vouched for you.

Please listen to me.

Someone hacked my account.

Look, I've been talking to the

police, and there is something

really f***ed up happening here.

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Zachary Donohue

Zachary Tyler "Zach" Donohue (born January 8, 1991) is an American ice dancer. With Madison Hubbell, he is the 2018 World silver medalist, 2014 Four Continents champion, and 2018 U.S. national champion. With former partner Piper Gilles, he won three medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. more…

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