A first-time filmmaker is bringing a twisted tale of caregiving gone wrong to theaters next week.

Georgia Bernstein’s “Night Nurse” opens in select cities on July 10, starring Cemre Paksoy as Eleni, a caregiver at a luxury retirement home who gets pulled into a scam call scheme targeting residents. Things get messy when she develops an unhealthy fixation on her patient Douglas, played by Bruce McKenzie. Mimi Rogers also stars.

The film’s been drawing comparisons to Brian De Palma and early Atom Egoyan, which is high praise for an indie debut. Critics are calling it atmospheric and psychosexual, a character study that walks the line between desire and delusion.

Bernstein wrote and directed the 95-minute thriller, which explores how caregiving can twist into something darker. It’s the kind of intimate, uncomfortable premise that works best from an independent voice willing to go there.

The film opens at IFC Center and Alamo Drafthouse in New York, plus Laemmle locations in Los Angeles. Q&As with Bernstein and the cast are scheduled at IFC Center on July 8 and 9.

For indie filmmakers trying to break through with psychological drama, “Night Nurse” proves there’s still an appetite for character-driven thrillers that take risks. Sometimes the smallest settings, a retirement home, a new job, hide the biggest disturbances.