The Item

Year: 1999

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Horror

Four ex‑convicts receive an anonymous online request to retrieve a mysterious “item” from a remote desert island and guard it for 24 hours in exchange for payment. Back at their apartment curiosity drives them to examine the package, revealing a telepathic worm linked to a life‑support system. As they investigate further, the story shifts into a brutal slasher, with the protectors being gruesomely eliminated one by one.

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