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Jason Tantra is a cameraman who wants to direct his first horror movie. A wealthy producer named Bob Marshall agrees to fund the project on one condition: Jason must find the most impressive scream of pain in cinema history within 48 hours. As he searches for a sound worthy of an Oscar, Jason descends into a nightmare. Other plot threads involve a cooking show host dealing with persistent itching and a young girl who discovers a videotape inside a wild boar.

Directed and written by Quentin Dupieux, this Belgian-French comedy is the fifth of 16 films he has directed. It follows Wrong Cops and precedes Keep an Eye Out. The film stars Alain Chabat as Jason Tantra and Jonathan Lambert as Bob Marshall, with a credited cast of 21 actors including Élodie Bouchez, Kyla Kenedy, Eric Wareheim, and John Glover.

The movie has received generally positive reception from both audiences and critics. It holds a rating of 7.1/10 on TMDB based on 560 votes. Film critics provided a similar evaluation, giving the movie a rating of 7/10 across 78 reviews.