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After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.

What happens when the most polished socialites find themselves physically unable to cross a simple threshold? This surreal nightmare strips away every layer of upper-class decorum until only primal instincts remain.