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A psychic teenager, who has a difficulty differentiating between hallucinations and reality, is assigned by his psychiatrist to spend the night in his abandoned childhood home. With a camcorder and polaroid as his aid, he must confront his hallucinations while a psychopath is lurking within his house.
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A psychic teenager, who has a difficulty differentiating between hallucinations and reality, is assigned by his psychiatrist to spend the night in his abandoned childhood home. With a camcorder and polaroid as his aid, he must confront his hallucinations while a psychopath is lurking within his house.
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Genre:Comedy, Horror
Written By:Nyoman Satya, M. Badawi Alghiffari
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Runtime:29 minutes
Studio:Lagi Production
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