The little details are put together just right. Normally that means bringing to life a very specific place or era. For Peacock it means creating a completely believable world yet one we can’t quite put our finger on. Is it set in a repressive past decade? Or is it a present-day town that aggressively resists change? Either one is bad for an emotionally-stunted agoraphobe with gender identity issues, even before a random accident brings everyone’s attention crashing through his gate.

Cillian Murphy is great as an unbalanced see-saw of tension and release. Susan Sarandon provides a strong-headed challenge to his defenses and dementia. The mix of suspense and sit-com setups creates a delusional air that upsets all expectations. The overall tone is strange and intriguing — somewhere between Psycho and Lars and the Real Girl. Yeah, just try to picture that.

It’s too bad this film got shuffled off as a straight-to-video release with little fanfare. I imagine it’s a hard one to market properly, but it’s best to go in as cold as possible. Like the self-sequestered main character, you don’t see odd ones like this very often. When they appear it’s a literal train wreck of allure and abhorrence.