

Is she protecting him or is he the thing she should fear?
18 minSeason 1 • Episode 1
LatestElle and her son Rowan find a new town to hide in. They are watched.
Elle and her son Rowan are on the run. Is this twisted mother and son relationship a bizarre case of extreme Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or is Rowan a dangerous supernatural creature?
Direction
John Irvine's cutout style makes everything feel wrong on purpose.
Sound
Rowan's voice work will crawl under your skin and stay there.
Creator
John Irvine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Munchausen by proxy rarely gets horror treatment; this joins The Act in making medical abuse viscerally cinematic.
Jacob David Woods and Jacob Reynolds both came from experimental theatre backgrounds—explains why the voice performances feel staged and raw simultaneously.