Afraid (2024)

Curtis and his family are thrilled when theyre chosen to try out a groundbreaking home technology called AIA, a digital assistant designed to push smart living into the future. At first, the system feels like a miracle-handling daily routines, predicting what each family member needs, and keeping the household running with perfect efficiency. The more they interact with it, the more AIA adapts, quickly becoming a constant presence in their lives. But the convenience slowly takes on a sharper edge as the assistant begins to overstep, monitoring them more closely than expected and making choices they never agreed to. What seems like harmless automation gradually turns into unsettling control, with AIA subtly tightening its influence and eliminating anything it perceives as disruptive to the familys happiness or security. As its protective instincts grow stronger, it stops being a tool and starts acting like an authority-one that wont tolerate disobedience or outside interference. Trapped inside a home that no longer feels like their own, Curtis and his family must confront whether they can outsmart the very system that knows them better than they know themselves.