Spiderhead

• Science Fiction
• Thriller

Within a gleaming, isolated correctional facility of the near future, inmates volunteer as test subjects for mind-altering pharmaceutical trials, trading obedience for doses of emotion-inducing drugs—from euphoric joy to debilitating despair. But as a charismatic yet manipulative warden refines these emotional controls, one prisoner begins to subtly manipulate the system, using the drugs to unlock buried memories and confront the uncomfortable truths of his past. Unlike typical prison escape thrillers, *Spiderhead* hinges not on physical breakout but on a daring, unsettling psychological rebellion, exploring the ethics of emotional control and the fragility of free will in a world increasingly susceptible to chemical influence. The film’s unsettling atmosphere comes from a slow-burn realization that the true prison isn’t the walls surrounding them, but the constraints placed upon their feelings.