Director: George Henry Horton
Sometimes the worst place to hide from the police is exactly where nobody else wants to go, and an abandoned research facility turns out to be full of reasons why.
What is Project Dorothy about?
After a robbery falls apart, two men on the run duck into what looks like an empty, long-dormant scientific facility, hoping to wait out the search parties in silence. That silence does not last. Something inside the building has been sitting dormant for reasons the men never bother to ask about before they arrive, and their presence is enough to bring it back online. What starts as a hideout turns into a trap, with the facility's corridors and locked labs becoming a maze the two fugitives cannot simply walk out of once the thing they woke up starts hunting them in return.
Cast & crew
Danielle Harris headlines a small, tightly wound cast built for a contained horror premise, with Tim DeZarn and Adam Budron rounding out the group caught inside the facility. Director George Henry Horton also takes an on-screen role, a common move in lean independent productions where a handful of actors have to carry the entire film's tension.
Context & significance
Running a brisk 80 minutes, Project Dorothy leans on the classic setup of ordinary people trapped somewhere they were never meant to be, letting a single confined location do most of the storytelling work. The blend of heist fallout and science-facility horror gives the film two different sources of dread, the men's own crime catching up with them from outside while whatever they disturbed closes in from within.
Where & how to watch
Project Dorothy is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, and this page can be read without signing in. A Persian dub is included, so Farsi-speaking viewers can watch without needing subtitles, all inside an interface built with the Iranian diaspora in mind.