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Death has a schedule. Grieving and desperate, a young mechanic discovers a terrifying secret in his late grandfather’s workshop: a rusted, archaic device with a single, large button labeled “STOP.” When his beloved pet is killed in a tragic accident, he presses it in a moment of anguish. The impossible happens—death pauses. His companion is restored, alive and whole.

But every miracle has a consequence. Soon, he learns the true purpose of the device. It doesn’t reverse death; it redistributes it. For every life he saves, a terrifying, predatory "debt" is created—a lingering, hungry absence that stalks the living to balance the scales. Now, he faces an unthinkable choice: let his loved one go forever, or become a harbinger of a far more violent and random end for strangers. You can only cheat death for so long before it comes to collect—with interest.

ALTER — Some Buttons Should Never Be Pushed.

Content Warning: This film contains intense themes of grief, moral horror, supernatural violence, and disturbing imagery.

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Transcript
00:00I don't know what to do.
00:30How are you going to move on what?
00:56Nick?
00:57What?
01:02Just get out of the car.
01:07I already called Central.
01:10Then cancel it. I don't need help.
01:27Come on. I'll be here in 20 minutes.
01:36I'm not waiting for someone else to change a bloody tire for me.
01:39You're exhausting.
01:52Why can't you just stop for a minute? Just for one second.
02:08Who the hell is that?
02:22Excuse me, Miss. Are you okay?
02:37Have you been in an accident?
02:39Call it in.
02:45Control receiving one six.
02:48Look, Miss. Why don't you just stop so we can have a chat about it, okay?
02:53I need you to stop.
02:55Stop.
02:56I said...
02:58Stop.
02:59SEMA!
03:00Oh shit.
03:03It's alright. It's alright. Calm down.
03:05Put the knife down.
03:07SEMA! I haven't done anything wrong.
03:09Samantha?
03:10I said stop.
03:11SEMA!
03:12Last chance.
03:13SEMA!
03:14SEMA!
03:15SEMA!
03:16SEMA!
03:17SEMA!
03:18What are you doing?
03:20Mom.
03:26You...
03:28can't...
03:30stop!
03:41What the fuck?
03:42I don't...
03:43I don't...
03:44I don't mean...
03:45I mean she had a weapon.
03:47What the hell?
03:56Where'd he go?
04:01Did you...
04:02Oh shit!
04:04Oh my god.
04:05Nick?
04:07Nick?
04:09Nick?
04:10No!
04:11No...
04:12Nick!
04:13Oh...
04:14No!
04:15No!
04:17No!
04:18No!
04:19No!
04:20No!
04:21No!
04:22No!
04:23No.
04:36No!
04:38No!
04:391-6, receiving control.
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