What could a person do when subjected to bursts of violent Messaging that last one-three-thousandth of a second? Subliminal mind control forms the crux of “Distorted,” a film that snails to a start then sprints to a heart-pounding climax. Riddled with guilt over her son’s accidental drowning in a bathtub, 32-year-old Lauren Curran (Christina Ricci)

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