Although the rest of the film never quite reaches the brilliance of its opening sequence, where a record being played over and over again illustrates the passage of time while our main protagonist suffers a mental breakdown, this psychological (?) horror flick about an infectious meme of impending doom spreading through society and slowly informing reality is elevated by a number of excellent acting performances and stands on its own although, owing to a similar premise, i can't help but draw parallels to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 doomsday horror masterpiece *Pulse*.