Phobias (2021)
8/10
Underrated
23 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Part 1 robophobia (fear of AI)

The sentient Siri like thing wants a "friend" and destroys Johnny's (a computer expert) enemies. The best part is when the voice becomes a human figure of pure electricity, trying to save his father from death. To stop it? Find someone else.

Instead, he's taken (off screen) and it's insinuated that his dad was taken to this place as well. We meet other people tortured by the psycho doctor trying to make a gas from fear. Sami is shocked into the transition to story 2.

Part 2 Vehophobia (fear of car accidents)

Sami's car is acting up after her bf breaks up with her. Seemingly a ghost is haunting her and tries to kill her while she's driving. Why? She and her bf rob and kill a man with the car and put him in the trunk.

Back at base, Emma sees something that makes her freak. Which leads into

Part 3 Ephebiphobia (fear of youth)

Emma is a married teacher home alone and waiting for her lover when she gets a silent call and a brick through the window. Writing in the house and the line cut leads to a bunch of kids jumping out declaring they're going to commit murder. Why? Their dad is the lover. A chase ensues. The boys die in self defense, and the girl pins it on the teacher. (This is bs because there would be proof)

Back at the happy house, doc is testing Johnny and Alma, and she requested to see "him" leading into

Part 4 hoplophobia (fear of firearms)

A child is shot during a drug raid, leaving Alma, mother and cop, with shock and trauma. .. There are no English subtitles for Spanish which is annoying... Alma has a fear of raids, even mistaking a video game for one. A tv raid sets her off in a diner, which gets her arrested. (Pretty disappointing and happens to people sometimes)

Johnny is learning more about the place he's being kept. He gets freaked out by Renee, who jokes that she wants his teeth before going into

Part 5 Atelophobia (fear of imperfection)

Renee is obsessed with perfection, so much that she won't hire non perfect people, and works with her dad at a architectural company. After having her employees over to fix a major architectural problem, she kills them, cuts them up, and puts them on herself to be "perfect". By far the BEST!!

Part 6/Part 1 ending

Johnny is taken in the machine, retelling the beginning. He revealed he chose the the doc instead of his dad to be killed by the AI and they make a mistake. You also are retold that they are weaponizing fear, and they use the gas in the guards.

I liked it a lot, thanks those who said it was bad. You made me want to prove you wrong.
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