The Scary of Sixty-First(2021)

Utopia

Other
1h 21m

Release Date: Dec 3, 2021 | Limited

Two roommates' lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

Releases

Original Release | Dec 3, 2021

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$7,808
Total US & Canada:
$45,005
Total International
$11,153
Total Worldwide:
$56,158

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Director & Top Cast

Dasha Nekrasova
Director

Madeline Quinn
Noelle

Betsey Brown
Addie

Stephen Gurewitz
The Realtor

Dasha Nekrasova
The Girl

Mark H. Rapaport
Greg

Aaron Dalla Villa

Crystal Shop Customer

Jason Grisell

Apothecary Clerk

Anna Khachiyan

Ghislaine Maxwell Doppelgänger

Michael M. Bilandic

Greg's Boss

Ruby McCollister

Mailroom Girl

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

Noelle and Addie are young adults who are viewing an apartment on the Upper East Side. Despite peculiar elements of the apartment, including abandoned furnishings and a suspicious realtor, the two move in. On their first evening there, Noelle finds a tarot card, while Addie is plagued by nightmares.A mysterious girl shows up at the apartment, having previously been spotted by Noelle and Addie looking inside from the street. Initially posing as a realtor, she reveals that she is there to investigate notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. She believes that the apartment was previously owned by Epstein, and suggests that crimes, including child prostitution and murder, may have taken place there. Noelle and the girl begin to obsessively research conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein's death and his alleged activities, and eventually begin a romantic relationship. Meanwhile, Addie becomes psychologically disturbed, seemingly as a result of living in the apartment. She wanders the streets of New York in a daze. During sex with her boyfriend Greg, she asks him to pretend they are on Epstein's 'Lolita Express' private plane, and engages in age-play, demanding Greg to treat her like she is 13 years old in a voice that is not her own; she has no memory of the events immediately afterward. She also masturbates to images of Prince Andrew, who was an associate of Epstein's, while dressing and behaving childishly.Noelle and the girl's research reveals two other Epstein properties five blocks away from the apartment on either side; Noelle suggests a connection to the pentagram. The girl reveals that she also found a tarot card, this one in Addie's bedroom. The two visit a 'magical apothecary' to discover the meaning behind the cards, whose owner warns them to leave the apartment immediately and gives them an obsidian crystal for protection. They return to the apartment to find Addie, still seemingly entranced and sexually obsessed with Prince Andrew. Noelle and the girl visit the Metropolitan Correctional Center where Epstein died, only to find Addie there, dressed similarly to a young girl pictured in a photo with Epstein. The two meet Greg at his work and learn the story of the bizarre sexual encounter between him and Addie.The girl suggests that Addie is a victim of CIA mind control experiments, similar to Project MKUltra. Describing Addie as a 'liability', the girl implies that she should be killed, which Noelle angrily rejects. The girl returns to the apartment to find the door chained shut, and evidence of Addie's masturbatory activities. She flees to the apartment's basement to find Addie before a large poster of The Sun tarot card, which includes depictions of nude children. When she discovers the girl's presence, Addie knocks her unconscious and begins to abuse her physically and sexually. She is interrupted by the arrival of Noelle, who kills her by stabbing her repeatedly with a knife. She returns to the apartment to meet the realtor who first showed them the apartment; their conversation implies that Addie's death was a planned part of a Satanic ritual.The girl regains consciousness and finds Noelle in the apartment. Noelle attacks her and attempts to kill her, but the girl fights back, bashing Noelle's skull with the obsidian crystal. She flees to Greg's workplace, but when the two return together, the apartment and the basement are empty and clean, with no bodies or evidence of a struggle. Greg leaves angrily. The girl returns to the apartment to find an anonymous note, telling her that the events she experienced are a warning for her to give up her investigations. (thanks to Wikipedia)

Storyline

Addie and Noelle are introduced doing something city dwellers know is truly horrifying: apartment hunting. Everything changes for both women when an unnamed stranger knocks on their door. The Girl tells Noelle that she believes they're living in a place that has seen untold horrors. One of the apartments in which Jeffrey Epstein used to traffic and abuse girls. Before they know it, they enter a world of conspiracy theories about Epstein and his apartments. — Brian Tallerico Having spotted a suspiciously affordable flat on the Upper East Side, roommates Noelle and Addie decide to move in despite the ominous signs. But before long, cryptic Girl shows up at their front door, and just like that, they jump down the rabbit hole of hair-raising, Jeffrey Epstein -related conspiracy theories. And now, there's no turning back. Can the unsuspecting explorers of the unknown confront the dark history of the apartment and their disturbing, newfound psycho-sexual obsessions? — Nick Riganas