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Today I'll show you a horror-thriller film: "Daniel Isn't Real "
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins one morning in a busy coffee shop
Everything seems typical and fine, until a pale man barges inside the shop with a shotgun
He immediately starts shooting everyone in the vicinity
The waitress hides behind the counter in fear
In a nearby house, a young Lonely boy gets fed up with his parents fighting
He sneaks out of the house without them noticing
Lonely-boy walks a few blocks, until he comes upon the aftermath of the shooting at the coffee shop
He just stares at the dead body of the shooter for a few moments
Suddenly, a slightly older boy appears and asks Lonely-boy to play
They go to a playground and have fun
However, Lonely-boy's mother notices that he's missing
She walks out of their house and finds him in the playground
Relieved that he's safe, she scolds him for sneaking out like that
Lonely-boy asks his mother if he can invite his new friend Daniel to dinner
The thing is, the mother cannot see Daniel
Only Lonely-boy can see him
Exasperated, the mother pretends that
she can see his imaginary friend and invites him to their house
The two boys become fast friends, and they spend their days together playing in make-believe worlds
Meanwhile, the mother and the father's marriage is collapsing,
and she tries to be brave about the fact that she will be raising Lonely-boy alone
Daniel is jealous of the bond between the mother and Lonely-boy
He wants to be Lonely-boy's only source of comfort and joy
One day, he suggests to Lonely-boy that he mix his mother's prescription pills in her smoothie
He says that this will give her superpowers
Wanting to please his mother, Lonely-boy complies and gives her the poisoned smoothie
Hours later, his mother gets sick
She crawls out of bed and sees the empty prescription bottle
Lonely-boy admits that Daniel made him do it
His mother forgives him on the condition that he will no longer see his imaginary friend
The mother gives Lonely-boy the key to the dollhouse,
and tells him to lock Daniel inside the dollhouse for good
At this point, Lonely-boy is angry at Daniel for tricking him into hurting his mother; so he obeys
Daniel is now locked in the dollhouse, and the mother covers the dollhouse with a cloth
Years pass, and Lonely-boy no longer sees Daniel
Even though he is now older, Lonely-boy is still an introvert,
and he struggles with making meaningful connections
He's now in college and living in the dorms,
though he still worries over his mother who is prone to paranoid delusions
He comes home to his childhood house,
and sees there's a bunch of papers scattered around the floors and the walls
Lonely-boy calls for his mother, and finds her cutting words out of book pages
He notices claw marks all over the mirror
When he asks about it, the mother just laughs maniacally,
saying that she didn't like what she saw in its reflection
That night, Lonely-boy attends a college party
He locks eyes with a short-haired brunette from the other side of the room
He tries to approach her; but he gets overwhelmed by anxiety
He has a panic attack and begins seeing monsters everywhere
Lonely-boy collapses on the floor and screams
Because of this episode, Lonely-boy is recommended to see a therapist
The therapist explains that Lonely-boy's fears and stressors are causing him to have panic attacks
Lonely-boy shares that he's so worried over his mother's deteriorating mental state,
and he's also anxious about his studies and the fact that he's not really making friends
He then tells the therapist
that his one and only best friend was the imaginary Daniel he had when he was a boy
The therapist suggests that he reconnect with Daniel again,
so he can rediscover that part of himself
While walking home, he bumps into a female artist
His belongings spill on the sidewalk, and he awkwardly picks them up
Lonely-boy spends the night in his childhood home
He watches TV with his mother while eating ice cream together,
and she seems to be in an unusually good mood
He sleeps in his old bedroom
The hours tick by, and he's tossing and turning, unable to sleep
So he gets the idea to do as his therapist said
He rummages through the drawers, to find the key to the old dollhouse
A few hours later, Lonely-boy is finally asleep
However, he wakes up to glass breaking downstairs
He looks down the stairs, and sees that his mother had broken the mirror with a pair of scissors
She has wounded herself
The mother climbs up the stairs and locks herself in her bathroom,
which is also papered over with pages
Lonely-boy forces his way inside,
seeing that his mother is also starting to break the bathroom mirror glass
She keeps repeating that she doesn't like what she sees in the mirror
Lonely-boy is so occupied by his mother's antics that
he initially doesn't notice there's a male teenager in the bathtub
He's relaxedly taking a bath like it's his own house
Lonely-boy immediately surmises that this's Daniel,
recently unleashed after years of imprisonment in the dollhouse
He tells Daniel that he can't deal with him right now
Since the mother can't see Daniel, she thinks that her son is telling her he can't deal with her
This causes her to attempt to kill herself
Lonely-boy wrestles with his mother for the scissors, to prevent her from stabbing herself
Daniel is now standing near Lonely-boy, and he tells him to hold the scissors to his own throat
Lonely-boy obeys, saying to his mother that she will kill him if she doesn't let go
The mother comes to her senses and drops the scissors
Later on, Lonely-boy and Daniel sit together near the banister
Daniel comforts him, telling him that his mother will get through this
Lonely-boy is now starting to feel glad that he reconnected with Daniel,
especially since he needs emotional support in his life right now
The next day, Lonely-boy fixes the mess his mother made around the house
Daniel notices his school notes, and asks him why he's studying such boring stuff
Lonely-boy replies that he wants to be a lawyer
Daniel points out that his father was a lawyer too
He's disappointed that the passion and imagination that Lonely-boy had when they were kids,
were now long gone
The artist knocks on the door of the house
She hands him his wallet, saying that he forgot it when he bumped into her yesterday
Daniel comments that she's good-looking,
and Lonely-boy should take this opportunity to get to know her better
He advises Lonely-boy to mention that he's an artist too, a photographer specifically
The artist invites him to a gallery opening that night
Lonely-boy and Daniel attend the art opening
He tells Daniel that he doesn't think it's a good idea,
because he's always so awkward in social situations
Daniel confidently answers that Lonely-boy has him now to guide him
When they get to the entrance of the gallery,
they see the artist arguing with another girl about the space for her creation
She gets pissed off and storms out, calling for Lonely-boy to follow her
She takes Lonely-boy to her apartment, which looks as bohemian as she does
She rants about the state of the art scene, and how difficult it's to be a true artist
She starts tearing her exhibit down in anger
Daniel nudges Lonely-boy to take pictures of her, since he's a photographer
Afterward, he joins her and they destroy the art installation
Later on, Lonely-boy confesses to Daniel that he never had that much fun before
He falls asleep on the train, reviewing his notes for the exam the next day
Since he was so busy having fun the previous night,
Lonely-boy is now having a hard time answering the exam
Suddenly, Daniel stands up in front of him, and removes his shirt
It turns out, he has written all the formulas and equations that Lonely-boy needs for the exam
Lonely-boy finishes the test with a smile on his face
They attend another party
Lonely-boy strikes up a conversation with the brunette he had seen before
With Daniel's coaching, he compliments her by saying she looks like a silent movie star
Lonely-boy is definitely more confident than before
He banters with the brunette and takes a picture of her
She's so impressed that she gives him her number
Later on, Daniel convinces Lonely-boy to drink alcohol
He gets so plastered that he drunkenly makes out with the brunette
A little while later, he ends up going to the bathroom to vomit
When Lonely-boy passes out, Daniel puts a blade in his hand, and presses it to Lonely-boy's throat
Fortunately, Lonely-boy wakes up, and Daniel drops the blade
The next morning, Lonely-boy wades through his hangover by the beach
They develop the photos that Lonely-boy took, and Daniel comments that his pictures are good
Lonely-boy goes on another date with the artist
They trespass on a bus at night, and they also break into a bookstore
Every time the artist picks up a book, Daniel would read over her shoulder,
and tell Lonely-boy what quote he should recite to impress her
However, when the artist chooses the Bible,
Lonely-boy decides not to follow the Bible verse Daniel tells him to say
He recites a limerick instead, and this angers Daniel
Back at her apartment, the artist paints Lonely-boy shirtless
When she shows the painting to him, he notices that there's a shadow behind his back
She explains that this's because he has an air of mystery and danger with him
Lonely-boy is uncomfortable with how well she sees him,
especially since she could be attracted to the parts of him,
that were influenced by Daniel and not the real him
The artist and Lonely-boy end up sleeping together
He tries not to pay attention to Daniel, who's creepily hovering above them on the bed
Daniel looks envious
One night, Lonely-boy wakes up in his dorm room
A few moments later, a group of college students, including the brunette, enter his room
Lonely-boy is confused, and Daniel explains that he texted the brunette to go to the dorm
Soon enough, the party amps up
Daniel starts whispering to Lonely-boy that the brunette's companions are annoying
He's influencing Lonely-boy to think that
the companions look like the monsters he sees during his panic attacks
One of the companions suggests that they visit an abandoned subway tunnel
Lonely-boy gets a moment alone with the brunette
However, he doesn't really want to sleep with her, despite Daniel encouraging him to do so
Daniel gets fed up, and he possesses Lonely-boy's body
He then starts having rough moments with the girl
Afterward, the brunette's companions find them
Still in possession of Lonely-boy's body, Daniel beats the companions up
The brunette hits him with a chair and screams at him
This finally returns Lonely-boy to his body, and he feels woozy from the physical blow
The brunette calls the police on Lonely-boy
He blames Daniel, because he could possibly be expelled from his school
Lonely-boy decides that he will banish Daniel because he's just imaginary
He counts to three and closes his eyes, but Daniel is still there
Lonely-boy goes back to his house
He points to the dollhouse, and orders Daniel to go back inside
Daniel just laughs and mocks him
He visits his mother in a mental health facility next
She has had a history of mental illness since she was young,
and she was even sent to the same facility before
Lonely-boy is afraid he'll end up like his mother, so he asks her how her illness started
The mother tells him she didn't know that her son would display the same instability as well
She thought his childhood issues were just because his father left
Lonely-boy starts shaking, and his mother becomes worried about his safety
Afterward, Lonely-boy becomes even more unstable
Daniel keeps taunting him that he's no longer in control
Lonely-boy tries to apologize to the brunette, but she's scared of him
She warns him that he is banned from campus, and he should stay away from her
Daniel comes up behind the brunette, and slashes her throat with a knife
But this is just a vision to play tricks on Lonely-boy
He believes this is real and he screams, making him look even crazier to the brunette
Lonely-boy confides in his therapist that Daniel is out to get home
The therapist just thinks that he's having a schizophrenic episode, and he tries to help him
He tells him about how he tried to kill his mother, because of what Daniel told him
Later on, he discovers that Daniel has been using his body to send disturbing selfies to the artist
Lonely-boy takes his medication, and Daniel laughs at him for trying to banish him using pills
Desperate, Lonely-boy visits the father of the coffee shop shooter
He tells him about seeing his son's body years ago
But He learns that the shooter was struggling mentally like him,
and that he had an imaginary friend with the same Daniel name
He looked at the shooter's childhood drawings, and saw that his imaginary friend looked like Daniel
Lonely-boy finally realizes that his friend Daniel is not a product of his mental illness,
but a supernatural entity that feeds off pain and vulnerability
It turns out, Daniel had pushed the shooter into killing people;
and when the shooter died, Daniel latched onto Lonely-boy,
who was there in front of the coffee shop years ago
Lonely-boy visits the artist next
He confides in her that he's worried Daniel will drive him to the edge,
like the shooter was influenced by Daniel to kill people
Lonely-boy is desperate for her to believe him;
but the artist gets scared of his behavior and pushes him out of her apartment
He goes home and calls his therapist
Seeing that the meds aren't working, he puts Lonely-boy under hypnosis to get Daniel to surface
The hypnosis works, and Daniel appears in front of the therapist
He proceeds to pry open Lonely-boy's jaws apart, and insert himself inside his body
Then he takes control of Lonely-boy's body, and kills the therapist by stabbing him
Lonely-boy wakes up in his own body the next morning
To his shock, the therapist's dead body is lying on the floor
Daniel banishes his consciousness to the dollhouse,
keeping Lonely-boy trapped there, while Daniel has full control of his body
Daniel goes out and buys a brand new suit
With his slicked-back hair and cigarettes, he looks like a completely different person
Back in the dollhouse, Lonely-boy comes face-to-face with a horrifying monster that chases him
He hides from the monster, and then finds a gun and a knife hidden in a glass case,
and a painting of a monster eating a baby
The monster finds Lonely-boy, and he uses the knife inside the glass case to kill him
He realizes that this is the shooter's soul trapped inside the dollhouse,
doomed to eternal torment because he let Daniel win
On the other side, Daniel visits the artist
She realizes that something's not right with Lonely-boy
Daniel tries to entice her to touch his darkness;
but the artist replies that she wants the true Lonely-boy
This angers Daniel, and he reveals his true face to the artist
She valiantly fights him off by hitting and kicking him
While the artist is struggling with Daniel,
she pleads with Lonely-boy to fight and overpower Daniel
Lonely-boy hears her voice in the dollhouse,
and he gets the courage to knock down the brick walls and jump into the abyss
Lonely-boy emerges back into his own body
He distracts Daniel, while the artist makes her escape
The two boys duel together on the rooftop, similar to how they would fight as kids
Daniel screams that for centuries he has done nothing, but inspire and free people
but they always turn out to be ungrateful
They both wound each other, but Daniel gets the upper hand
Lonely-boy is slumped over the rooftop railing;
and as Daniel chokes him, he decides to jump off the roof
This is the only way he knows that he could stop Daniel from hurting the people he loves
The movie ends with Daniel back on the rooftop, watching the artist mourn Lonely-boy below
His beautiful face morphs into his true monster form, and he flies away
Because he's a supernatural demon,
he will just find a new vulnerable soul to prey upon and possess
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