Eli Movie Explained | MYSTERY RECAPPED

Eli Movie Explained | MYSTERY RECAPPED

Eli is a 2019 American horror film directed by Ciarán Foy from a screenplay by David Chirchirillo, Ian Goldberg, and Richard Naing, based on a story by Chirchirillo. It stars Kelly Reilly, Sadie Sink, Lili Taylor, Max Martini, and Charlie Shotwell. The film follows a boy with a rare autoimmune disease who is taken by his parents to a private medical facility to be cured.

Eli was produced by Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, MTV Films, Intrepid Pictures and Bellevue Productions and was released on October 18, 2019, by Netflix. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its performances, plot twist and atmosphere, and criticism for its screenplay, pacing, tone and reliance on jump scares.

Young Eli Miller suffers from severe allergic reactions to the outdoors and is forced to live in protective gear. His parents, Rose and Paul, take him to Dr. Isabella Horn's secluded medical facility built in a renovated old house.

Eli is initially overjoyed to remove his "bubble suit" and enjoy comforts previously denied to him. However, he begins to experience supernatural phenomena in the house. He also begins his excruciatingly painful treatments. The specters repeatedly leave the message lie, and Eli wonders if they refer to Horn's treatments.

Eli befriends Haley, the only person who believes the house is haunted. She tells him none of the other patients Horn treated left the facility. Eli discovers the word "LIE" is the inverted number 317, the passcode to Horn's office. In the office, Eli finds Horn's records of past patients, all of whom were killed by the third and final treatment.