The Last Showing

Stuart is a veteran projectionist at a large multiplex cinema. But his craft is no longer in demand following the digitization of the projection technology. He is 'demoted' by manager Clive to service staff. But instead of taking care of popcorn sales and cleaning, he prefers to retreat to the technical room. Here he has access to all the surveillance cameras in the cinema. One evening, he discovers a young couple on the monitors. Martin and Allie want to see the horror film in the late showing and are the only visitors. Stuart decides to take revenge on the 'kids', who show him no respect and leave their rubbish lying around after every screening, and on Clive, who refuses him access to the new projectors. With a special extra ingredient in his soft drink, he makes sure that Allie has to go to the toilet. After a long wait, her boyfriend Martin then sets off in search of her without success, until he suddenly sees a close-up of the obviously unconscious Allie on the screen in the deserted cinema. With projected 'stage directions', Stuart forces him to act according to his perfidious script and stages a film in which Martin and Allie become the involuntary main characters. And Stuart's script contains everything a good shocker needs: kidnapping, torture, death.