Softwares and apps are daily installed based on agreements we scroll past and accept. But what exactly do we accept? In Faust 2.0 we meet five individuals who unknowingly enters into a pact with unknown forces and whose lives are brought to a brutal turn when they use the mystical applications to achieve what they want - but instead get what they deserve. As the applications spread the pieces fall into place and a digital pandemic takes shape.
Practical Effects
Five directors, five distinct visual flavors, one budget.
Writing
The premise slaps harder than the execution deserves.
Production
Swedish indie horror doing maximum with minimum.
Director
Robert Selin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2014, this predates Black Mirror's app-focused anxieties but arrived after the smartphone revolution made its premise instantly relatable.
Five directors each helmed one segment—unusual for Swedish horror, where single-director anthologies like 'Mara' dominate the scene.
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