11-11-11

11-11-11

Year: 2011

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman

ThrillerHorror

Haunted by unsettling coincidences and disturbing visions of the number 11, writer Timothy Gibbs finds himself drawn into a mysterious pattern. As he investigates, he uncovers a sinister force seemingly controlling his life and blurring the line between reality and nightmare. He must confront the implications of this recurring number and the potential danger it represents.

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1

Joseph wakes on 11:11 and is urged to write

Joseph wakes in his hotel room at 11:11 AM on November 7, 2011, and immediately feels the weight of a looming deadline. His manager Grant arrives, telling him his previous novel sold over five million copies and urging him to write again. Joseph begins drafting a painful confession about his wife's death and his loss of faith, noting that God may be dead or never alive.

November 7, 2011, 11:11 AM Hotel room
2

Sadie introduces a notebook and urges Joseph to speak up

At a support group on November 8, Sadie shares her story and offers Joseph encouragement. She tells him to speak up and hands him a notebook, hinting at a new outlet for his words.

November 8, 2011 Support group meeting
3

Car crash and hospital reveal

After leaving the meeting, Joseph is involved in a car accident. He survives, while the other driver dies, and medics note no serious injuries. In the hospital, doctors reveal he is healthy, but Joseph notices his watch has stopped at 11:11.

November 8, 2011, night Hospital
4

Call about dying father

That night, Joseph receives a call from his estranged brother Samuel, who is living in Spain with their father. He learns that their father, Richard Crone, is dying and may not have much time left.

November 8, 2011, night Joseph's hotel room
5

Journey to Barcelona to visit father

On November 9, Joseph travels to Barcelona to visit his father. There he reunites with Samuel, who is in a wheelchair, and Samuel urges Joseph to let go of his resentment toward the church and stay the night.

November 9, 2011 Barcelona, Spain
6

Video, diary and Activation discussed

In Samuel's study, Ana reveals a security video depicting a demon-like silhouette appearing at 11:11. Joseph studies the pattern of 11:11 and confesses he has been seeing the number repeatedly. He also encounters a diary titled El Libro de Ana, which Ana claims to be her gospel.

November 9, 2011 Samuel's study
7

Activation and Samuel's danger

That night, Joseph learns that those who frequently see 11-11 are being Activated, and he suddenly finds demons attacking Samuel, whom he helps to rescue from strangulation.

November 9, 2011 Samuel's residence
8

Gun threat at Samuel's congregation

On November 10, during a meeting of Samuel's congregation, Javier brandishes a gun and drops a camera; Joseph disarms him and the intruder flees.

November 10, 2011 Samuel's congregation
9

Visit to cemetery and family ties

The next stop is the cemetery where their mother Lauren is buried; Joseph notes that Samuel's birthday and Lauren's death both fall on November 11. Samuel urges Joseph not to search for meaning in every sign.

November 10, 2011 Cemetery
10

Photos and prophecy

Joseph goes to a local shop to develop Javier's photos, and the staff promise they will be ready the next day. He also visits an occult bookstore, where the keeper reads a prophecy about November 11, 2011, predicting a sacrifice that will destroy faith and raise the Serpent.

November 10, 2011 Photo development shop; Occult bookstore
11

Sadie arrives and the maze confrontation

On November 11, Sadie arrives in Barcelona and the trio are cornered in a maze by Javier, who again points a gun.

November 11, 2011 Barcelona, maze
12

Discovery and gunfight at Javier's home

Joseph breaks into Javier's home and discovers Samuel's photos in a diary marked SACRIFICIO with 11-11-11. Javier confronts Joseph and shoots him.

November 11, 2011 Javier's home
13

Race to rescue Samuel; sinkhole and 11:11

Joseph calls Sadie to retrieve the developed photos as he races back to the house; Samuel is attacked by the demonic beings and is taken away at 11:02 PM. A sinkhole opens and Joseph crawls out as one of the beings readies a blade to kill Samuel; at the moment of 11:11, Joseph steps into its path and the beings disappear.

November 11, 11:11 PM House
14

The end of the battle and the revelation

Sadie burns the photos; Joseph lies dying in the rain while Samuel reveals that the beings were angels and that he was the devil who had to be stopped. He hints that a new gospel will emerge from their books.

November 11 Rain-soaked location
15

A new church and gospel

Sometime later, a large church is filled with Samuel's followers, each bearing a book titled The Book of Joseph, signaling the birth of a new religion.

Sometime later Church

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