Overview

• The feature bowed in Toronto’s Midnight Madness program and is currently seeking U.S. distribution.
• Early reviews hail it as a standout 2025 horror entry, while noting a 108-minute runtime and a stretched final act.
• Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette star in a “be careful what you wish for” story centered on a wish-granting trinket.
• Critics highlight Barker’s choice to frame the story through the perpetrator’s perspective to probe consent and contemporary male culpability.
• Backed by James Harris’s Tea Shop Productions, the film marks a scale-up from Barker’s $800 YouTube hit Milk & Serial, and he is developing Anything But Ghosts with Jason Blum and Roy Lee.