Eject
2019 · 9m · United Kingdom
Directed by David Yorke
Genres: horror, sci-fi, thriller
Tones: contemplative, dark, tense
A USB port in her wrist. Every memory on file. An upgrade too tempting to resist.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The USB-port-as-memory premise is body-horror-meets-cloud-storage, which should be a lazy sci-fi trope—but Yorke treats it like a genuine philosophical trap, making the upgrade feel obscene rather than inevitable.
A precise distillation of the Faustian bargain tradition, executed with the formal control of contemporary sci-fi—the editing breathes with the rhythm of temptation, each cut another step toward irreversibility.
What elevates this beyond premise is the choice to make the memory extraction *physical*—the literal ejection becomes the film's emotional and visual anchor, turning a conceptual horror into something you feel in your chest.
Reviews
Nicely shot by Richard Bertenshaw, writer-director David Yorke's film offers a stark 21st century echo of VIDEODROME's most unforgettable image. Constructed around a fascinating concept, it's slick and compelling – and a grim testament to both technological advances to come and all of our inclinations to get lost in our own past indiscretions and regrets.