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An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.

SPOILERS! Sam, an Indian-American teen, lives in an idyllic suburb with her conservative mother and her assimilated father. Sam's cultural insecurities grow due to her estranged friend, Tamira, who mysteriously carries around an empty mason jar all the time. In a moment of anger, Sam breaks Tamira's jar and unleashes an ancient Indian demonic force that kidnaps Tamira. Sam searches for Tamira, following the trail of a young man who performed a deadly ritual, until the demonic entity starts targeting her, murdering her boyfriend and shattering her reality with terrifying visions. Sam must band together with her parents and a sympathetic teacher to save Tamira and put an end to the terror of the demon.—sxsw

The Indian-American Samidha "Sam" is a rebel teenager that confronts her mother Poorna, who wants her to follow the culture and traditions of their old country. Her father Inesh understands her need of assimilating the American culture and not be outcast at the high school. She rejects her former best friend Tamira and flirts with the handsome American teenager Russ. When the outcast Tamira has a strange behavior, carrying a jar everywhere, the teacher Joyce asks Sam if Tamira is fine, and Sam answers that she believes she is. On the next day, Tamira asks Sam to help her saying that there is an entity inside the jar. The arrogant Sam breaks the jar, and Tamira has a panic attack and goes missing. Sam finds a journal written in a weird language and dreadful drawings. When Poorna organizes a prayer for Tamira with her friends, Sam leaves the event to date Russ. They head of the derelict house of Karan, an Indian-American teenager that committed suicide with his family, and Sam sees the drawing of a creepy creature on the wall. She remembers that the journal has the same drawing. Sam has dreadful nightmares during the nights. When they return to Karam's house, Russ is killed by a creature and the police believe a wild animal killed him. Sam discloses to Joyce what happened to Russ and she, and asks her to research the drawing of the creature. Soon Joyce finds that the creature is the demon Pishach, which feeds off fear, unhappiness and negative energy. Now Sam tells her mother what is happening, and they try to lure the demon to lock him in a jar. Will their plan succeed?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil