Sunday, July 30, 2023

11:23-09:59 (Project Angst) (2018)

Aka 11:23-09:59 Projekt Angst; aka 11:23-9:59 (About Fear)

Six theater students decide to take a trip to Switzerland to find Fort K, a military research facility sealed ten years ago. This doesn’t seem like a great idea, especially since they aren’t even sure how to find it. And if it’s sealed, how will they get in? 

They head up into the mountains and after a long hike they stumble across the entrance which slowly opens to reveal an odd man who motions to follow him. He leads them deep into the underground bunker, where their friend Manu is waiting.

Although this place was supposedly sealed ten years ago, the lights work and it’s clean. No dust, dirt or spider webs are to be found. No one is concerned.

The idea is everyone will do a dare to face their fears.  Sophie is afraid of heights. Esther is afraid of the dark.  Manu is afraid of getting dirty, and Jamal is afraid of confined spaces.  The other two’s fears are not defined. The group is surprised when the dares have negative effects on their mental states. 

This is found footage so you know something will go wrong.  But I’m still not clear on why one person just sort of laid down near another and immediately died.  Stupid theater students and their overly dramatic fear rituals.  And why did Jamal bring a drum? He hiked to a bunker carrying a drum. It’s the most useless and awkward thing to bring on a hike.


The door to the bunker painted sort of camouflage
Our theater kids 
This doesn’t look like an abandoned bunker closed for ten years.
No dust or dirt here. Feel free to use the blankets.



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