“Wired Shut” (*1/2 out of four) was a lugubrious/ludicrous thriller about a wealthy former novelist (Blake Stadel) who is unable to speak after recovering from reconstructive jaw surgery and receives an unexpected visit from his estranged daughter (Natalie Sharp); initially, he is touched by her visit but soon realizes her visit carries much more sinister intentions and his life is in danger. Director Alexander Sharp works in a hallucinatory and operatic style that is reminiscent of mid-period Stanley Kubrick but it’s all for nothing, since film is an unpleasant and off-putting bore. Re-watch “Eyes Wide Shut” instead.