Don't Listen (2020) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A family moving into a haunted house is consumed by supernatural manifestations connected to buried Inquisition atrocities.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Drawings Before Death

Daniel and Sara move into a large house with Eric, whose insomnia and voices produce disturbing drawings. The bloody branch drawing appears to foreshadow a fatal supernatural attack.

Key Events

• Family Moves In — Daniel and Sara move into a large house with their eight-year-old son Eric. Characters: Daniel, Sara, Eric Location: New house
• Eric Hears Voices — Eric suffers insomnia and hears voices telling him to make disturbing crayon drawings. Characters: Daniel, Sara, Eric Location: Eric's bedroom
• Bloody Branch Drawing — Eric draws a bloody branch before a supernatural fly causes a fatal crash. Characters: Daniel, Sara, Eric Location: Family home
• Fly Causes Crash — A supernatural fly harasses the psychologist until her car strikes a tree and a branch kills her. Location: Road near the house

The House Answers Back

Flies infest the property and ordinary objects behave impossibly. The family suffers scratches, frightening communications, and the apparent drowning of Eric.

Key Events

• Walkie-Talkie Routine — The distant bedrooms force the family to communicate through walkie-talkies. Characters: Daniel, Sara, Eric Location: Family home
• Fly Infestation — Daniel discovers an infestation of flies and unsuccessfully attempts to eliminate them. Characters: Daniel Location: New house
• House Defies Them — Scratches appear, a locked gate opens, the robot speaks, and the walkie-talkie transmits apparent hatred. Characters: Daniel, Sara, Eric Location: Family home
• Eric Drowns — Daniel finds Eric drowned in the swimming pool. Characters: Daniel, Eric Location: Swimming pool
• Sara Leaves — Sara leaves for several days while the hauntings increasingly focus on Daniel. Characters: Daniel, Sara Location: Family home

Investigators Enter

After hearing Eric's apparent plea for help, Daniel recruits Germán. Germán and Ruth use paranormal equipment, but the invisible presence and Sofia's apparition expose the investigation's danger.

Key Events

• Sara Leaves — Sara leaves for several days while the hauntings increasingly focus on Daniel. Characters: Daniel, Sara Location: Family home
• Message From Eric — Daniel replays a message and hears Eric crying for help while static surrounds the walkie-talkie. Characters: Daniel, Eric, Sara Location: Family home
• Germán Recruited — Daniel obtains Germán's book and demands his help with the haunting. Characters: Daniel, Germán Location: Book signing
• Bedroom Investigation — Ruth's equipment detects an invisible presence directly in Eric's bedroom. Characters: Daniel, Germán, Ruth Location: Eric's bedroom
• Sofia Appears — Sofia appears to Germán, wounds his arm in a vision, and leaves him sleepwalking with a cut. Characters: Germán, Sofia, Ruth Location: Bedroom

The Estate's Buried Past

Sara returns and encounters Eric's ghost and a corpse-like witch. Ruth reveals the property's connection to Inquisition trials, while Sara dies and the haunting turns openly catastrophic.

Key Events

• Sara Returns — Sara returns after Eric's call and sees Daniel and the investigators burying dead cats. Characters: Sara, Germán, Ruth, Daniel Location: House grounds
• Eric's Ghost Appears — Sara sees Eric's ghost playing with the robot, then encounters a corpse-like witch. Characters: Sara, Eric, Ruth Location: Eric's bedroom
• Inquisition History Revealed — Ruth explains that the house stands on the grounds of a former Inquisition courthouse. Characters: Sara, Ruth, Germán Location: Family home
• Sara Dies — Sara's body crashes through the window after she hangs herself. Characters: Sara, Ruth, Germán Location: Eric's bedroom

Fire And Final Drawings

The group finds a tortured skeleton beneath the house and attempts to burn it. Ruth is possessed, Germán frees her, and Daniel ultimately follows drawings that predict his suicide.

Key Events

• Dungeon Skeleton Found — They break through the basement wall and find a caged skeleton tortured with a pear of anguish. Characters: Daniel, Germán, Ruth Location: Basement dungeon
• Daniel Chooses Gasoline — Daniel leaves to obtain gasoline so the skeleton can be burned and the haunting released. Characters: Daniel, Germán, Ruth Location: Basement and house
• Ruth Is Possessed — Sofia possesses Ruth, who stabs Germán while Daniel prepares to immolate himself. Characters: Germán, Ruth, Sofia Location: Family home
• Skeleton Burns — Germán burns the skeleton just in time, freeing Ruth from the possession. Characters: Germán, Ruth Location: Basement dungeon
• Daniel Kills Himself — Daniel interprets drawings of his fate, takes his gun to the pool, and kills himself. Characters: Daniel, Eric, Sara Location: Swimming pool
• Exorcism Footage — A post-credits scene shows Germán and Ruth watching footage of an exorcism. Characters: Germán, Ruth Location: Viewing room

Story Breakdown

• Family Relocation — Daniel, Sara, and Eric begin a new life in a large house whose isolation enables the haunting.
  • New House — Daniel and Sara move into the property with Eric.
  • Eric's Instability — Eric suffers insomnia, hears voices, and creates disturbing drawings.
• Prophetic Drawings — Eric's drawings introduce a pattern in which images anticipate later supernatural violence.
  • Bloody Branch — Eric draws a bloody branch before a fatal crash.
  • Predicted Deaths — Later drawings depict Daniel drowning Eric and killing himself.
• Household Haunting — The family's daily life is disrupted by flies, impossible movements, hostile communications, and unexplained injuries.
  • Fly Infestation — Daniel discovers flies throughout the house and cannot remove them.
  • Unnatural Signals — The gate unlocks, the toy robot speaks, and the walkie-talkie transmits apparent hatred.
• Family Collapse — Eric's apparent death and Sara's later death transform the haunting into a family tragedy.
  • Pool Drowning — Daniel finds Eric drowned in the swimming pool.
  • Sara's Return — Sara returns after an apparent call from Eric and encounters his ghost.
  • Sara's Suicide — Sara's body crashes through the bedroom window after she hangs herself.
• Paranormal Investigation — Daniel recruits Germán, whose investigation with Ruth confirms an invisible presence in Eric's bedroom.
  • Germán Recruited — Daniel demands help from Germán after buying his paranormal book.
  • Invisible Presence — Ruth's equipment detects a specter directly in Eric's room.
  • Sofia's Apparition — Sofia appears to Germán and causes him to injure himself while sleepwalking.
• Inquisition Revelation — Ruth connects the haunting to a former courthouse and the ghosts of people immured beneath the estate.
  • Courthouse Grounds — The house stands on land used for Spanish Inquisition trials.
  • Dungeon Skeleton — The investigators find a caged woman skeleton with a pear of anguish.
• Fire And Possession — The survivors attempt to burn the remains, but Sofia possesses Ruth and attacks Germán.
  • Gasoline Ritual — Daniel obtains gasoline to burn the skeleton and release the evil.
  • Ruth Attacks — Sofia possesses Ruth, who stabs Germán.
  • Skeleton Burns — Germán burns the skeleton and frees Ruth from possession.
• Fatal Resolution — Although the possession is broken, Daniel remains trapped by the haunting's visions and completes the final prediction.
  • Ghostly Invitation — The ghosts of Eric and Sara beg Daniel to join them.
  • Pool Suicide — Daniel takes his gun to the pool and kills himself.
  • Exorcism Footage — Germán and Ruth watch recorded footage of an exorcism after the main events.

Directed by

Ángel Gómez Hernández

Key Cast

• Rodolfo Sancho — Daniel
• Ramón Barea — Germán
• Nerea Barros — Sofia
• Belén Fabra — Sara
• Ana Fernández — Ruth