Demon Under Glass

Demon Under Glass

Year: 2002

Runtime: 111 mins

Language: English

Director: Jon Cunningham

HorrorIntense violence and sexual transgressionBloody vampire horrorChilling experiments and classic monster horrorTwisted dark psychological thriller

Is the threat an undead monster or the scientists experimenting on it? Los Angeles is haunted by a serial killer who stalks young women, abuses them and drains their blood. With no signature, no forensic clues and a rising body count, an elite task force is deployed. When one operative moves in to trap the murderer, she must fight for survival as the killer may have the upper hand.

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In a restless Los Angeles, a wave of inexplicable crimes has the city’s streets humming with dread. An elite task force is assembled to hunt a predator that seems to slip through forensic evidence, leaving only a chilling pattern of victims drained of life. The atmosphere is a blend of gritty urban noir and cold, clinical secrecy, where sirens and shadowy laboratories exist side by side, each promising a different answer to the growing terror.

Enter Detective Gwen Taylor, a seasoned officer whose instincts are as sharp as the city’s neon glare. Assigned to a high‑stakes sting, she must navigate the thin line between bait and battlefield, her resolve tested by a foe that refuses to be caught by ordinary means. Her presence brings a grounded, human perspective to an investigation that increasingly feels like a chase through a maze of hidden agendas.

Behind the scenes, a covert government initiative known as the Delphi Project wrestles with a far more unsettling quarry: Simon Molinar, a being of ancient myth whose very existence challenges science and morality alike. The project’s lead, Dr. William Bassett, views the creature as a key to unlocking impossible knowledge, while Dr. Joseph McKay arrives with a different philosophy—treating the entity as a patient rather than a specimen. Their conflicting approaches generate a tense undercurrent, raising questions about what separates curiosity from cruelty.

The film’s tone walks a tightrope between stark procedural drama and eerie, almost reverent horror. It invites the audience to feel the weight of every shadowed corridor, the pulse of a city on edge, and the uneasy alliance forming between a detective, a scientist, and an enigmatic predator. As the hunt intensifies, the true nature of the monster—whether flesh, mind, or the very systems that seek to control it—remains a tantalizing mystery, poised to unfold beneath Los Angeles’s glittering façade.

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