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Airtight (2014)

Airtight poster
Directed by
Derek Estlin Purvis
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A person is put under psychological pressure inside a New York mansion. The story draws from real events that previously inspired a play and a Hitchcock adaptation.

tensepsychologicalclaustrophobicslow-burnsuspensefulmoodyominous

What happens

Airtight is a 2014 American thriller film written, produced and directed by Derek Estlin Purvis and starring Aija Terauda, James Patterson, and Michael Engberg. A psychological thriller set in a New York mansion and a homage to Alfred Hitchcock, Airtight is based on the true events that inspired a play in the 1920s, an adaptation by Hitchcock in the 1940s and this feature film. This marks as James Patterson's acting debut before switching his career to esports industry with Riot Games under his in-game name "Dash". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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