“… shoves Jessica back in the pantry, takes her phone, and nails the door shut…” Once again, making matters worse, someone arrives at the house, and it’s not Rob. Lainey is scared and hungry, and the baby does what babies do. Jessica is again trapped with no one to help, leaving Lainey and her brother helpless on the other side. Goaded by Sammy, her angry ex shoves Jessica back in the pantry, takes her phone, and nails the door shut, impaling her right hand. Jessica lets Rob know she is moving away, beating around the bush that Rob’s addiction is the main reason. But, there’s an even worse problem, as he brought his friend Sammy (Vincent Gallo) along, who everyone suspects is a child molester. Unfortunately, Rob shows up to let her out. As the house is secluded, little Lainey is unable to help. While preparing to move, Jessica gets stuck in the large kitchen pantry (I would kill for it) and can’t get out. She’s currently living in the dilapidated home of her deceased mother and getting ready to sell the house, cash out, and get as far away from her drug-addict ex-husband Rob (Jake Horowitz) as possible. Jessica (Rainey Qualley) is a recently separated mother of toddler Lainey (Luciana VanDette) and her infant son. So let’s save the politics for the comments section and dive right into this thriller.

I will say the trailer makes it look like a Christian thriller, but it’s not (thank God!). After watching this, I can claim that it has very little to do with the site’s main content. I personally don’t read it, but it’s not hard to figure out their bent.

Caruso and writer Melanie Toast’s Shut In is the first feature film coming out of the infamous website Daily Wire.

Shut in summary