Better Not Write

About this movie

Christine Hartley is a celebrated crime novelist, famous for her chilling thrillers about Oswald Carrow - a fictional serial killer who strangles aspiring writers with red phone cord and leaves behind origami shapes folded from their manuscripts. Her novels, gripping and grotesque, have earned her critical acclaim and a loyal following. What makes them even more disturbing is that they're based on real, unsolved murders. The police never caught the killer, but Christine did - in fiction. One late evening, after a successful radio interview, Christine returns to her quiet suburban home - only to discover a stranger waiting inside. He's calm, articulate, and unsettlingly familiar. He claims to be Oswald Carrow. Not a fan. Not a stalker. Oswald himself. Christine's disbelief quickly turns to terror as she's overpowered and tied to a chair. Soon, her abrasive and self-serving literary agent, Michael, becomes the next captive at the dinner table. But this isn't just a hostage situation - Oswald wants to talk. He wants answers. Why does Christine write what she writes? Does she understand the psychology of a killer, or is she just borrowing pain to sell books? As the night spirals into a surreal and terrifying interrogation, the line between creator and creation begins to collapse. Christine is forced to examine the ethics of her work, the consequences of mining tragedy for fiction, and the uncomfortable possibility that she never really invented Oswald - she simply gave him a voice. By morning, Christine is alive - but forever changed. Oswald vanishes, leaving her with a chilling ultimatum: write only what you truly know... or face him again.

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