The Apparition

On May 21, 1973, six people conduct The Charles Experiment, a parapsychological study in which they stare at a drawing of a deceased man, Charles Reamer, hoping to summon his spirit. Years later, four college students, Patrick Tom Felton, Lydia, Ben Sebastian Stan and Greg, attempt to recreate the experiment on a larger scale using modern technology. During the session, something malevolent attacks the group and pulls Lydia into the wall, vanishing from sight.

Sometime after, Ben and his girlfriend Kelly Ashley Greene are living together. They notice strange burn marks on their counters, doors left wide open, and a troubling mold outbreak spreading through the laundry room and crawlspace. Ben receives 36 “urgent” emails from Patrick that first inform him of a new attempt at the Charles Experiment, followed by a warning that “containment failed” and finally “you are in danger”.

After witnessing an apparition, the couple flee to a hotel, but they are attacked there as well. As they run, they reconnect with Patrick, who explains that the initial experiment allowed a malevolent entity to enter their world, and that he has built a room surrounded by a negative current that he believes protects him from it. They return to Kelly and Ben’s house to try a new containment experiment. During the session, the house shakes and breaks apart, then abruptly stops. While Kelly and Ben are outside, Patrick is pulled into the darkness and vanishes. Unable to find Patrick, they flee to the safety chamber in his house.

Inside the house, they hear Patrick’s personal log being played back, including information about the members of the original experiment. Of the original six, two died, one committed suicide and the other three disappeared. After entering the safety chamber, Ben disappears. Kelly exits the chamber and finds Ben’s contorted corpse. Patrick’s narration explains that the entity gets stronger with each person it claims, and that it will wear its victims down until they are too weak to resist.

With no escape, Kelly wanders around, and enters an empty Costco. She walks to the camping section, enters a tent and waits to be killed by the entity, having fully given up resisting. A number of hands appear from behind and the entity slowly grabs hold of her as the movie cuts to black.

Last Updated: October 03, 2025 at 20:08