Nitrate Flash

Desmond Blythe is a solitary film archivist working the night shift at a temperature-controlled, subterranean nitrate film vault. Surrounded by thousands of decaying, highly unstable cellulose reels, he is the guardian of forgotten history. But cellulose nitrate doesn't just burn-it produces its own oxygen, making it impossible to extinguish once ignited.

The nightmare begins when Desmond inspects a newly donated 1920s reel on his editing table. The black-and-white silent footage shows a mas...