A socially awkward but ambitious young woman experiences painful and gruesome side effects after an experiment with time travel goes wrong, causing her to lose control and shift through time at random. Doing her best to keep her ailment a secret until she has it under control, she quickly realizes that not only is she struggling to keep track of time, but that her body is also breaking down and growing weaker with each shift. Desperate to solve a problem with no easy solution, she does everything in her power to keep her deteriorating existence under control.
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Directed by
Jacob Leighton Burns
English • minutes • 2019 - STREAM NOW
"It’s rare to be able to generate that type of emotion and this movie pulls that off with aplomb."
02/27/2021Review
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"Looks cool! Reasonably priced on iTunes, too. Will definitely give this one a look."
08/21/2020Now on VOD
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"a heartfelt, tragic tale hat mixes the mind bending twists of time travel with body horror to create an emotional gut punch"
08/11/2020Review (82/100)
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"Burns directs deftly, helming scenes of drama, horror, and quirky humor equally skillfully"
08/07/2020Review (3/5)
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"Everything works to deliver an elegiac drama which happens to be about time travel"
08/06/2020Review (7/10)
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"Mostly Succeeds At Low-Key Time Travel Drama And Body Horror Thrills."
08/05/2020Review (6/10)
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"Episode 117 - Mortal, Shifter, 2099: The Soldier Protocol, Hero, Soul Searcher"
08/05/2020Podcast
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"The film’s appeal will certainly be initially to the cult and horror crowd, but it can step out to other demographics if marketed correctly"
08/05/2020Review (3/5)
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"A Unique, Lo-fi DIY Time Travel Film that Shifts the Focus onto Character Over Snazzy Effects"
08/05/2020Review (3.5/5)
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"Fancher does a wonderful job making you believe that she’s almost incapable of having a normal human conversation"
08/04/2020Review
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"Interview: Oklahoma moviemaking brothers Jacob Leighton Burns and Zachary Burns bringing time-travel thriller to virtual deadCenter Film Festival"
06/05/2020Interview
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"Video: Oklahoma-made time-travel thriller 'Shifter' to make world premiere this week at California's Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival"
03/04/2020News
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"An In-Depth Conversation With Filmmaker Jacob Leighton Burns Regarding His Current Movie Project, "Shifter""
08/04/2018Interview
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Shifter
A socially awkward but ambitious young woman experiences painful and gruesome side effects after an experiment with time travel goes wrong, causing her to lose control and shift through time at random. Doing her best to keep her ailment a secret until she has it under control, she quickly realizes that not only is she struggling to keep track of time, but that her body is also breaking down and growing weaker with each shift. Desperate to solve a problem with no easy solution, she does everything in her power to keep her deteriorating existence under control.
Cast
Nicole Fancher , Ashley Mandanas , Paul T. Taylor , Jamie Brewster
Director
Jacob Leighton Burns
Producers
Jacob Leighton Burns, Vinnie Hogan, Zachary Burns
Writers
Jacob Leighton Burns, Zachary Burns