In the suffocating silence of a decaying urban apartment building, a young woman named Maya finds herself trapped in a relentless cycle of dread, unable to look away from the narrow, dimly lit staircase that connects her floor to the one above. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, this psychological horror film follows Maya as she becomes convinced that the stairs are not merely an architectural feature, but a living entity with a malevolent will. Her obsession deepens when her elderly neighbor, Mr. Harlow, a reclusive war veteran played by John Turturro, warns her that the staircase feeds on the anxieties of those who stare too long. As Maya’s grip on reality fractures, she discovers that the building has a tragic history of disappearances linked to the same staircase. With the help of a skeptical but kind-hearted building superintendent portrayed by Zazie Beetz, Maya must confront her own buried trauma to break the stairs’ hypnotic hold before it claims her as its next victim. Blending atmospheric dread with psychological depth, this slow-burn thriller explores the terror of facing one’s own reflection in the shadows.