At the edge of a mysterious lake, a reckoning between friends becomes a fight for life - as one man’s mind games threaten the other’s grip on reality.
THE BOTTOM is a film that, on its surface, explores a volatile confrontation between two desperate men, but holds in its depths a deeply personal and allegorical story of manipulation, gaslighting, toxic power and the painful reckoning one must go through to break free of an abusive relationship.
At the edge of a mysterious frozen lake, two men who were once friends, stand at opposite ends of a loaded rifle, their troubled history between them. Determined, John forces Jude to strip, ordering him backwards into the icy black water as Jude uses every well-honed tactic in his manipulation arsenal to shift the balance of power and escape. Deep in the lake, something dark and powerful beckons, as the men struggle for control in a relationship only one can survive.
THE BOTTOM is a metaphysical horror story that forces us to confront the monsters hiding in our deepest selves.