The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine (2022) is a psychological thriller directed by Andrew Hunt — watch online on iFILM, with Guy Pearce in the lead. Bruce Cogburn wrote a bestselling novel years ago, then disappeared from public life entirely. He lives in deliberate isolation, which he considers both earned and necessary.

Then the letters start arriving. An obsessive reader, then more letters, then something that crosses the line from fan mail into something harder to name. Cogburn eventually decides he needs to find the person behind them — and that decision pulls him back into a past he spent years trying to outrun. The deeper he goes, the less clear it becomes who is manipulating whom.

Pearce carries nearly every scene alone, and the film is stronger for the restraint — no car chases, no action beats, just the psychological weight of a man whose words are being used against him. A slow-burn thriller for viewers who prefer dread over noise. Stream The Infernal Machine (2022) on iFILM.