''Inside'' is a 2011 American

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horror thriller film brought to viewers through a partnership between

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and

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. Directed and written by

D. J. Caruso Daniel John Caruso Jr. (; born January 17, 1965) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His work encompasses a variety of genres, including thriller ('' Disturbia, Taking Lives''), drama ('' Standing Up''), horror (''The Disap ...

and starring

Emmy Rossum Emmanuelle Grey Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress, director, and singer. She is known for her portrayal of Fiona Gallagher in the television series '' Shameless'' (2011–2019). Since the mid-2010s, she has also directed ...

, the experience is broken up into several segments across multiple

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platforms, including

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, and

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. Viewers are challenged to help Rossum's character, Christina, to safely escape her predicament. The film bears some similarities to the non-social 2008 film ''

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'' in that it involves kidnapping and an Internet audience as part of the plot. The first in a series of episodes was released on the website on 25 July 2011 for those participating in the "real-time experience". The whole film became available for online viewing on 6 September 2011 on their website, though both the website and YouTube channel no longer exist.

Plot

Twenty-four-year-old Christina Perasso, a tough, resilient girl, wakes up trapped in a room and has no idea where she is being held or who did this to her. She has been left access to her laptop. Through the use of an intermittent

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signal, she reaches out to friends, family and an audience through social media. She lists facts, clues, pictures and videos to aid the audience in figuring out where she is, who her captor is, and why she was kidnapped.

Cast

as Christina Perasso * Cooper Thornton as Federal Agent Stu MacArthur *

Molly Hagan Molly Joan Hagan is an American actress. She co-starred in films ''Code of Silence'' (1985), '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987), ''The Dentist'' (1996), ''Election'' (1999), and '' Sully'' (2016), and is also known for her roles in television on ...

as Mrs. Cathy Perasso *

Melissa Tang Melissa Tang (born May 7, 1985) is an American actress. Early life and education Tang was born in Los Angeles, California, and is of Chinese descent. She graduated with a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007. Career She ha ...

as Jennifer Myer *

Miranda Rae Mayo Miranda Rae Mayo is an American television actress. She starred as Lacey Briggs on ''Blood & Oil'' (2015) and has appeared on '' Chicago Fire'' as Lieutenant Stella Kidd since 2016. Life and career Mayo was born in Fresno, California and be ...

as Emma Hickox *

Jake Abel Jacob Allen Abel (born November 18, 1987) is an American actor. He has appeared in the film adaptations of the young adult novels ''Percy Jackson'' (2010–2013), ''I Am Number Four'' (2011), and '' The Host'' (2013), along with portraying musi ...

as Kirk Francis * Hayley Chase as Lucca Scibird *

Xander Berkeley Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor. Since beginning his career in the early 1980s, he has appeared in over 200 film and television projects. His film roles include '' Terminator 2: Judgment Da ...

as H1ghway_man

References

External links

* {{D. J. Caruso 2011 horror thriller films American horror thriller films Films directed by D. J. Caruso Films scored by Brian Tyler Intel Internet films Films about the Internet Films about social media Toshiba Sponsored films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films