Something horrible is happening off the coast of Block Island. Birds drop out of the sky, fish wash up on shore and people are losing what’s left of their minds, like Tom, the father of Harry Lynch (Chris Sheffield). He’s becoming angrier and more forgetful by the day. His sister Audrey (Michaela McManus) has come back home just in time to see it all fall to bits.

Directed by Kevin and Matthew McManus (Cobra Kai) and originally airing on Netflix, this could be about electromagnetic hypersensitivity or plantary phenomena or UFOs or just plain something else that we can’t get our heads around. It’s frightening that this can just happen in a small town and transform people you know and love into something else.

An almost Lovecraftian film, this combines family issues, the creeping unknown and the terror that comes from never knowing the truth and just searching forever. The scariest thing is that this feels like it could happen.

The Synapse 4K UHD of this film has a special limited edition slipcover featuring new art from Joel Robinson, while supplies last, a trailer, audio commentary by the McManus Brothers, several video essays on the film’s creation and McManus family home movies. You can get it from MVD.