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Featuring Nancy Coleman.
After the death of Benjamin Powell, he makes his high strung and neurotic daughter his heir. As long as she doesn’t go insane before her 23rd birthday. As Julia’s birthday approaches, she becomes fixated on a strange painting in her bedroom. Harvey and Laura are her guardians, and try to gently break the news that insanity runs in her family.
Might the local doctor help them assure Julia? She thinks the man in the picture is going to kill the girl with her back turned to him. Julia’s fear is compounded when the picture seems to move. The man is closer to the girl than he was before. What are those strange noises in the room above Julia’s?
Each passing night, the figure in the painting gets closer. Julia tries to be strong, ignore it, deny her feelings, but can’t ignore her high strung nature. Can she fight sleep, or otherwise not have to confront her fears with the painting? The situation comes to a head on the night before her 23rd birthday. A dark family secret emerges, and the secret behind the picture comes out.
