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Plot

A pregnant hotel worker (Jessica Tovey) receives a late night phone call from a disgruntled guest. He says there are strange noises coming from the room next to his. Upon investigation the pregnant girl finds the room empty except for some baby paraphernalia. The door shuts locking her in and she is forced to confront her deepest fears.

Release

Reception was screened as part of the 2011

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. It screened in the Walk on the Dark Side section of short films at the Show Me Shorts Film Festival in New Zealand, and won the "Best Horror/Thriller" award at the 10th International Student Film Festival Hollywood
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References

External links

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