Years prior, Becker killed his parents and other women in the house - by sacrificing them to an unknown entity, which appears through a stone box swarming with live moths.
In time, it’s revealed that the mysterious force that takes hold of Ambar, her mind, and the rest of the tenants is being controlled by Red’s brother, Becker. It isn’t clear whether this is all in Ambar’s head, or really happening. About halfway through the film, the malevolent presence begins to affect Ambar’s mind: Whenever she falls asleep, she’s visited by a vision of her mother, along with a stone box that houses a creature attempting to escape. Warning: spoilers follow.ĭuring her first days in the house, Ambar hears screams and sees footprints she presumes they’re from other tenants. In Cleveland, apart from some distant relatives who live in the area, including her cousin Beto, and a friend she makes at her factory job, she’s more or less on her own in the boarding house. Previously, Ambar cared for her sick mother her passing is what prompts Ambar’s move to the United States.
The movie centers on Ambar (Cristina Roldo), an undocumented Mexican immigrant who moves to Cleveland, Ohio in pursuit of the American Dream. The camera then pans to a ghostly apparition with lurid eyes, lurking on the top floor of the house.ĭirector Santiago Menghini’s movie is a very, very loose interpretation of Adam Nevill’s 2014 novel of the same name.
“Red is full of sh*t,” Freja says curtly before running upstairs. Trying to break the ice, Ambar mentions that their landlord, Red, told her “it’s just the two of us.” About 10 minutes into Netflix’s new horror film, No One Gets Out Alive, Ambar introduces herself to Freja, another tenant living in the boarding house that she’s has just moved into.