The story follows Nick and his girlfriend Annji as they travel to Nick's childhood home for the holidays. Tension is high from the start due to Nick’s strained relationship with his father, Tony, and the overt racism Annji faces from Nick's sister and grandfather.

The 2018 British horror film Await Further Instructions turns a standard, awkward family Christmas into a claustrophobic nightmare of blind obedience and paranoia. Directed by Johnny Kevorkian, the film explores how quickly social order collapses when people are isolated and fed increasingly disturbing commands from a screen.

The family is told all food in the house is contaminated.

A message warns that one member is infected, leading the family to turn on Annji—the "outsider"—in a Lord of the Flies -style breakdown.

The "festivities" take a dark turn on Christmas morning when the family wakes up to find their house sealed by a mysterious black substance. With no internet or cell service, their only connection to the outside world is a television screen displaying a single, ominous message: . Escalating Commands and Paranoia

Ominous medical kits, including dirty needles, are delivered through the chimney with orders for self-injection. Themes: Authority and the Screen Await Further Instructions (2018) - Mainlining Christmas