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“Robot Chicken” Spoofs ‘Aliens’ and it’s Fantastic!
The 1986 sci-fi action/horror film Aliens is one of the greatest sequels to ever grace the silver screen, if not one of the greatest movies ever made. The mix of stunning practical FX with amazing characters and outright thrilling segments has made it a must-see film for pretty much…everyone! But just because the movie is practically flawless doesn’t mean it isn’t ripe for parody every once in a while. And when it comes to poking fun at popular titles, there’s few shows that do it better than Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken“!
Remember in Aliens when Ripley and Hicks enter an elevator only to have a xenomorph try to catch a ride with them? Well, the below segment follows that moment only it sees the aftermath from the perspective of the alien, who finds out the hard way that its acid blood can make for a very long and painful fall! Check it out down yonder and enjoy a good laugh!
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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