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This is the kind of slow-burn horror that we need more of, where its high-brow premise doesn’t shy away from being ballsy or ambitious enough when it comes to unraveling the central conceit. Performances are consistently compelling across the board, with McLaughlin standing out as the complex, messed-up Neil, who is constantly on a quest to outrun his mistakes and do better for the people he loves. “Site” ramps up its horror with remarkable competence, where it uses the erosion of identity to remake what kind of person Neil can become.

— highonfilms.com

8/10. Perlman explores ideas that generational trauma leaves an indelible mark on time and space. Of course we know trauma haunts individuals, but in Site, it can impact external reality and connect different timelines. With the cracks in spacetime and the defunct government facility, Site owes something to Stranger Things for its overall vibe... Site is an ambitious film, exploring vision, reincarnation, absolution, and entangled souls as powerful themes in the undercurrent of the story. Perlman spins out a complex, slow-burn narrative with many threads, and works to bring them all together for a cohesive conclusion.

— filmthreat.com

SITE plants itself firmly at the intersection of memory, trauma, and metaphysical unease, unraveling a slow-burn psychological thriller that’s just as much about family and grief as it is about sci-fi horror. The execution feels personal and ambitious, driven by a lead performance that elevates its darkest moments. What follows isn’t just a descent into madness— McLaughlin doesn’t just play a man untangling; he plays a man fighting to rebuild something with nothing left but parts of what he holds onto.

What helps SITE stand out in a crowded genre is its ability to balance ambiguity with stakes. The hallucinations are intense, sometimes terrifying… but they carry consequences. They fracture Neil’s relationship with his family. They threaten his role as a father. And perhaps most chillingly, they hint at a legacy of trauma far older than the triggers that cause them.

— mailnewsgroup.com/ohmr/

… a gripping sci-fi spiral into guilt, vision, and time distortion. Jake McLaughlin might be this summer’s most underrated lead. Site… wants to make you question everything. Time. Guilt. Perception. Parenthood. So yeah, I'm intrigued. Maybe too intrigued. And maybe that's exactly what Site wants.

— filmofilia.com

SITE is a mixture of history, science fiction, technology and the belief that we are all connected. The special effects are absolutely stunning and become another character in the story director Perlman has put together. Each step McLaughlin’s character takes brings us deeper and deeper into two storylines as his world is turned upside down. McLaughlin portrays that mash up extremely well. The past and present begin to collide as connections between the treachery in a war-time prison camp and Neil’s family become more and more evident.

— militarypress.com

A man with a bruised face and blood on his cheek looks to the side outside a modern glass building.
A woman with short blonde hair sitting in a brightly lit room, with a kitchen background.
A man with dark hair and a beige jacket stands in a spaceship corridor, looking at the camera, with a blue glowing portal behind him.
Two women in a dimly lit room, appearing serious or contemplative; one with dark hair, wearing a dark jacket, and the other with blonde hair, wearing a gray shirt, in the background.
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Jake McLaughlin
Arielle Kebbel
Theo Rossi
Miki Ishikawa
Yoson An
Danni Wang

starring

synopsis

While inspecting an abandoned military test facility, Neil Bardo and his boss experience a mind-altering time distortion. Soon after, haunting hallucinations of strangers and troubling events from the past bleed into Neil’s reality while in contact with family and friends. One such traumatic vision leads to an accident that nearly blinds his son. With his life unraveling around him and his son’s sight hanging in the balance, Neil must race to uncover the secrets of the facility and the hallucinations that plague him with increasing intensity... before it's too late.

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  • Elena, played by Arielle Kebbel with short, wavy blonde hair, smiles while standing next to a glass window, engaging in conversation with Neil, played by Jake McLaughlin, whose shoulder is visible in the foreground.

  • A man with a beard wearing a plaid shirt standing outside a yellow house with white trim and potted plants.

  • A man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a gray shirt and navy jacket, is speaking to a woman with long dark braided hair, in a modern office setting.

  • A woman with long dark hair looks to the side with a concerned or suspicious expression in a dimly lit room.

  • Two men and a woman stand near a black car on a dirt road with a large industrial building and chain-link fence in the background.

  • Two people standing in a dark, abandoned room with scattered chairs and tables, illuminated by light coming through windows.

  • Two adults, a woman with blonde hair and a man with dark hair and facial hair, stand inside a house near a doorway, looking at the camera with serious expressions.

  • A man and a girl riding a motorcycle through a wooded area. The girl is wearing a full-face helmet with a camera mounted on top, and both are smiling.

  • Two individuals at a control panel with glowing lights, illuminated by red and teal lights, in a dark, smoky environment.

  • A woman with dark hair holding a tablet, standing in front of a large, luminous, blue, swirling energy core within a metallic, sci-fi structure.

  • A young boy with a big smile, pressing against a glass or plastic barrier, with an adult's hand reaching out to touch his shoulder, in a dimly lit setting.

  • Scene from a dark, grim room with soldiers and a person in a gas mask, military attire, and a medical setting with medical equipment and a stool.

  • A woman and a young boy sit on a brown leather couch in a dimly lit room. The boy has a cloth blindfold over his eyes and appears distressed, while the woman looks concerned and gently holds him.

  • A woman sitting on a leather couch with a young boy, who has his eyes covered with a cloth, displaying a worried expression in a dimly lit room.

  • Close-up of a man with dark hair and facial hair, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression, dark background.

  • A person wearing a mask standing near a vintage blue car in a green, overgrown area with large electrical transmission towers and utility poles in the background.

  • Naomi (Miki Ishikawa) and Elena (Arielle Kebbel) have a conversation outdoors with a grassy field and the abandoned government facility looming in the background.

  • Sunset over rooftops with four airplanes flying in formation.

  • Four Asian people in brown uniforms standing indoors in a tense confrontation.

  • Hospital corridor with a nurse walking and a woman observing from the hallway. Inside a glass room, a man stands near chairs, with a hospital bed and medical equipment visible.

  • Family sitting at a kitchen table having breakfast, viewed from a doorway.

  • Night view of Unit 731, an old brick building with lit windows, surrounded by wooden posts, and two people near the entrance.

  • A man with dark curly hair and a beard wearing a white lab coat and an orange patterned tie, standing in a dimly lit room filled with medical equipment and monitors with red and green lights.

  • A woman with dark hair in a beige outfit aiming a gun behind a wooden screen in a dimly lit room.

  • A man in military uniform smiling and talking to another person in the foreground, with two other uniformed men in the background outdoors.

  • Elena (Arielle Kebbel) looking distressed, sitting on a bed in a dimly lit room.

  • A child in a black coat and short hair is tied to to a pole amidst a cloud of white smoke, with several other prisoners in the background also tied to poles.

  • A man with a beard and short hair, surrounded by a glowing blue digital interface with web-like patterns, appears to be focused on a futuristic technological environment.

  • Neil (Jake McLaughlin), in a plaid shirt, is crying out and bent over in front of a tree outdoors.

“SITE is a product of my personal journey through pain. Wrestling with regret, self-judgment, and guilt, as I believe many of us do– I started to ask why the same negative outcomes visit us, no matter the number of perceived course corrections. Why do certain traumas revisit us again and again or in subtly different guises? I found recourse in metaphysics as I searched to understand why we are so often hopelessly entangled with the same problematic patterns in our lives. I looked to the Kabbalah, the Bhagavad Gita, and Buddhist texts concerning the concepts of karma, reincarnation, and the transmigration of souls. Did I find absolute answers? No. But I found the new questions I was asking to be even more interesting. SITE became my outlet for working out these timeless mysteries. Making the film was, in so many ways, an examination of the self-same themes that suffuse the story. SITE is an examination of why we sabotage ourselves and our relationships. While we do this with an inherently sci-fi (and hopefully thrilling) bent, my fellow filmmakers and I believe that SITE will connect with audiences on a deeper level. To borrow from Baynard Rustin, this film is about finding out the hard way that, indeed, we are all one.”
— Director's Statement

Jason Eric Perlman

written and directed by

Named #4 in LA Weekly's "Top 10 Entertainment Professionals to Watch in 2023," Jason is an accomplished WGA screenwriter, director, and producer. He has collaborated on 20+ feature films since completing USC's graduate school of Cinematic Arts. With SITE as his second feature film as both writer and director, Jason has found a unique thematic focus on the collision of the secular psyche with spirituality. Within both his television writing and feature work, Perlman has consistently explored metaphysics by way of what some have dubbed his "Third Eye Thrillers." As an artist, he is also committed to environmental themes and how they shape our global humanity.