Somnia

AI-generated film by BENJI · 2026 · 6 min · Sci-Fi, Horror

About the film

AI horror short film. SOMNIA is an AI short film and sci-fi horror short film about a young woman paid by the second to survive a live nightmare and save her dying father. A machine decided Riley's father wasn't worth saving. No appeal. No explanation. No one to call. The hospital sends him home on Friday. SOMNIA is a legal, televised betting sport. A haptic suit puts contestants inside a nightmare seeded at random from their own mind, and their body can't tell it isn't real. They're paid by the second for as long as they stay under. Forty million viewers bet on when they'll break. The safeword is mercy. Say it once, and everything stops, including the money. Every second Riley stays silent is another second her father lives. 81% of viewers bet she says it inside a minute. Watch to the end. CHAPTERS In this dystopian short film, we explore a future where automated systems handle 95% of all labor. See the human cost of efficiency. This story centers on the Global Labor Aut

Made with

Seedance (detected from the film’s published title and description)

Future Lantern score

51 out of 100, based on how much YouTube viewers like the film, weighted by audience size. 754 views and 20 likes on YouTube.

Watch on YouTube. Hosted on YouTube by BENJI; Future Lantern links to the original upload.