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Internet Boy

2026 · 13 min

A short, clammy plunge into screen-lit loneliness that tightens into dread as the watcher becomes the watched.

Directed by
Joseph Demaria
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Overview
Starved for connection, a young man becomes fixated on a stranger online — until what he’s watching starts watching him back.
How it feels
Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, obsession, technology, loneliness
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Directed by
Joseph Demaria
Genres
Thriller, Horror
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, horror
Directed by
Joseph Demaria
Starring
Aidan Rawlinson, Alyssa Anthony, Jonah Robinson
Runtime
13 min
Country
United States of America

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