When a high profile career woman prepares for an event of a lifetime, her life drastically changes when she finds herself trapped in a small, filthy ridden basement. Left with no way of contact and no way of escape, time seems to be against her as she fights to survive a torturous environment.

SYNOPSIS:

Grace Adams, (mid 30’s), is a self-involved, award winning freelance photographer.

She resides in a modern, luxury Manhattan condominium where she keeps everything clean and orderly at all times. She believes she has it all ---money, talent, fame, superiority, and most of all, her exaggerated outwardly appearance that create an impression for all to see. When she receives an invitation to a prestigious award ceremony in her honor, it becomes the highlight of her life. This is sure proof that all eyes will be on her. The news is so exciting that she forces herself to pay her parents, Larry and Geraldine, a visit in a not-so-clean area in Queens. Grace arrives one day before the ceremony and tells her parents the details of the award she’s to receive. In turn, Grace’s parents remind her of their long awaited two-week cruise that they are leaving for in a few days.

Grace’s perfect world takes a sudden change as she pays a visit to her parents on the morning of their departure. She places her purse, car keys and cell phone on the coffee table as she help her parents pack luggage in the taxi cab that awaits them. Larry sends her in once more to retrieve an old pile of books that’s prompt against the steel basement door to keep from closing. Mistakenly, Grace goes down into the basement to search for the pile of books because she’s aware that books against the basement door haven’t been removed since she was a child. Larry can no longer wait so he comes in to retrieve the books himself, not realizing Grace is in the basement. The heavy steel door suddenly slams shut then locks in place from the outside. Larry makes a mental note to fix it when he returns. He exits.

Before long, Grace realizes that she is trapped in her parent’s unsanitized basement without a phone. She wanders the basement trying to stay in control, believing that she won’t be stuck for long.“Oh God, let no one see me this way.”She tries various tactics to get out, avoiding any contact with any of the dirt and rust that surrounds her. Every hour that passes, she feels the walls closing in. Grace begins breathing heavier and heavier as she see’s there’s no escape. She finds herself banging on the windows and yelling for help. She climbs the basement stares to bang on the door, and still her cries are unheard. We are now into the next morning, the day of her award ceremony, and sheer panic has set in. There is still no sign of rescue. Hours have gone by and no one seems to be in earshot of her cries. Grace is famished, filthy and nearing insanity. Her expensive clothing is worn and unkempt. Her hair is in disarray. Her only comforts are the noises from the pipes and the sound of her own breathing.