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The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.


In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of strange and paranormal events, recording everything with which they encounter. Today, the whereabouts of these four young men are unknown, remaining only fragments of their recordings.

Anna Cetti
Isabella
Mario Escalante
Mateo

Michel Chauvet
Diego
Juan Luis Tovar
Charly
File 253 is a horror film released in 2015 exploring themes of asylum, paranormal, psychiatric hospital, paranormal investigation, missing person, found footage. Directed by Abe Rosenberg Fishbein, it stars Anna Cetti, Mario Escalante, Michel Chauvet. In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of strange and paranormal events, recording everything with which they encounter. Today, the whereabouts of these four young men are unknown, remaining only fragments of their recordings.
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