Shot on a smartphone, psychological horror flick Unsane (on Hulu) is actually a legitimate movie (unlike the next one coming up): directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Foy, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple and Amy Irving, with a cameo by Matt Damon.
Sawyer (Foy, American accent slipping occasionally) is at a new job in a new city, hooking up with random dudes but still clearly traumatized from a two-year stalking situation. She interviews a therapist with whom she connects and, at the end of the initial session, fills out some paperwork that - she thinks - is setting up future appointments. When she tries to leave the clinic, however, she finds that she has unwittingly checked herself into a "voluntary" 24-hour observation; she freaks out, obviously, and that lands her in a seven-day observation hold. As kind, wry, articulate Nate (Pharoah) explains to her, her insurance is paying the clinic and they're not about to let her go until the money runs out. He advises her to stay calm, play nice and try to get along with the other inmates.
Problem is, one of the orderlies is, according to Sawyer, the asshole who stalked her for two years. She can't get away from him, can't get help from the administration or the outside world. She ends up doing whatever she has to do to get out.
Unsane is not really horror per se, more a psychological thriller with some violent/bloody bits, but it is plenty creepy, unsettling and disturbing. My notes: "OK that was pretty good" - high praise indeed.
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