from the butterfly effect, which was dubbed donnie darko stupid people, to s darko, the sequel that nobodyisowned, these films have tended to disappoint. so it was with a degree of trepidation that i approached flashback, a darko esque oddity that played the sitges fantasy horror festival last year under its original title, the education of fredrick fitzell. 0k, can either of you guys honestly tell me you ever remember seeing cindy after that night? we gotta go back. we gotta go back, we got to try to remember what happened to her that night. maze runner star dylan o'brien is fred, a troubled young man who is boring corporate life unravels when the meeting with an old school friend leads him back into the past. i do remember cindy williams, she just vanished. maika monroe, who made such an impact in the 2014 chiller it follows, is cindy, the girl who disappeared some years ago after a night on the mysterious new drug mercury. i don't take it to be like them. as fred struggles to remember what happened that night, so his ordered adult life is overtaken by the half remembered dreams of youth