Your imaginary friend is gaslighting you and you're still the crazy one.
Henry runs away from an abusive home with his imaginary best friend, Ebb. The journey tests their friendship, as well as Henry’s inner 'need' for Ebb as Ebb’s control and manipulation over Henry intensifies.
Acting
Southwick carries crushing psychological weight in every frame.
Direction
Mendolia blurs reality so slowly you don't notice you're lost.
Writing
Ebb's dialogue weaponizes kindness — genuinely chilling.
Director
Thomas Mendolia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film inverts the 'imaginary friend' trope — Ebb isn't Henry's coping mechanism but his captor, making the horror about intimacy itself.
Part of a wave of 2020s indie horror exploring male emotional abuse and boyhood trauma without exploitation.
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