An unstable teen with a toxic home life develops an obsession with a sympathetic classmate, but her self-conscious behavior about their relationship soon drives him to murder.

SYNOPSIS:

Some people are invisible. Elliot Hale is one of them. That is, when he's not being humiliated by his abusive older brother, Josh, or belittled by his overanxious, alcoholic mother. A kind gesture from one of his classmates soon sparks an obsession, as the two form an unlikely friendship from which Elliot wants a lot more than the oblivious Rachel is willing to give. None of this is made better by his family's continued problems as his mother struggles with her alcoholism and his older sister struggles to keep them all together. Elliot's only escape is his time spent with Rachel, but his reliance on her leads him into madness when he discovers her involvement with his brother, Josh. He sees them together leaving Rachel's house and confronts her about this betrayal. Rachel cannot see what Elliot is so angry about - After all, she hardly knows him.

Elliot sees then that his friendship with Rachel was all a fantasy: the hallucination of a desperate and unstable mind. It is a truth he cannot accept, and in a blind rage, he kills her. Never in his life has he felt more alone, more remorseful. It isn't his fault. It can't be. His brother, Josh, is the true monster. He's the real reason Rachel is dead. Everything wrong in Elliot's life can be pinned on him, so, egged on by the twisted shadow of his "friend" Rachel, Elliot takes his revenge.