The 2015 AD movie “Operator” was directed by Obin and Amariah Olson and stars Luke Goss as Jeremy Miller, Michael Paré as Howard, Mischa Barton as Pamela Miller, Ving Rhames as Richard, Julie Guevara as Karen, et al.
At these clips make clear, the movie’s villain is seeking alchemically change human nature via trauma.
They also throw in a pedophilia reference just for that which Hollywood considers “fun”—as in dysfunction, see Pedophile Hollywood.