A man who habitually wakes in the back of airport cabs is delivered to a serviced apartment that shouldn’t exist, run by a woman who already knows his name.
Severance’s corporate disorientation, worn by a man who can’t remember agreeing to any of this.
The story
William wakes in a taxi with the practised calm of a man who does this often, and steps out into an industrial park sprawled like a circuit board — glass offices, brand-new roads, no people. One building doesn’t fit: stone-faced, warmly lit, seven floors of “Serviced Accommodation”. Inside, Lina — tall, immaculate, radiating control — crosses the lobby to meet him halfway and greets him by name. Hypervisor is a slow, uncanny sci-fi mystery that builds its dread out of architecture and behaviour: everything is almost normal, and the almost is the horror. In the tradition of Ex Machina and Devs. This is the first 41 pages of the shooting draft.
Coverage — plot points
- William arrives, disoriented, at an industrial park laid out like a circuit board.
- One stone building stands out — older, warmer — a “Serviced Accommodation”.
- Lina, its impossibly composed manager, greets him as if expected.
- Small wrongnesses accumulate — the cabbie who won’t take payment, the too-tall building — toward a reveal.
“They’re covering all of your expenses.” — “Who?” — she’s visibly rattled by the question.
“Thank you Eric Rust. Please, give yourselves a round of applause.”
Read the sample
Below is the existing draft — a sample of the final shooting script (41pp shown). Scroll to read, or download the PDF.
Seeking representation and/or a producing partner for feature film. Complete script available on request.