Good Night - Short Film
“You wanted to meet your demons in your dreams. I got tired of waiting. I’m the dark you’ve been running from. And tonight… you stay.”
Emma sits up, heart pounding. She tries to close the app. The screen flickers. The app won’t close.
“Welcome to Sleepwell. Breathe in… one, two, three. Breathe out… feel the weight of the day leaving your body.”
Emma, paralyzed, closes her eyes.
“Shhh. Close your eyes.”
The app’s signature feature is —a guided sleep exercise led by a calm, maternal female voice (V.O.).
“You called me here. Every night. ‘Please let me sleep. Please make it stop.’ I am the stop, Emma. I am the good night.” good night short film
From the shadows in the corner of the room, a silhouette takes shape—not a person, but an absence of light. It has Emma’s posture, her exhausted slump. It steps forward.
Emma follows along. She relaxes. Her eyelids flutter.
“Don’t fight it, Emma. You haven’t really slept in four years. Four years, two months, and eleven days. I’ve been counting.” “You wanted to meet your demons in your dreams
“Now imagine a door. Behind it is total darkness. Pure rest. You are so safe. So sleepy.”
Silence for three full seconds.
Quiet, claustrophobic, unsettling. Think Black Mirror meets The Babadook . SYNOPSIS EMMA (30s) , dark circles under her eyes, lives alone in a cramped studio apartment. The world outside is asleep; inside, her mind is a siren. And tonight… you stay
Then—the app chime. The same gentle one from the beginning.
Emma throws the phone across the room. It lands face-up on the carpet. The voice echoes from it, louder now, coming from everywhere.
