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TV: I Need You To Weigh In On This Trailer For “666 Park Avenue”
ABC’s supernatural-tinged drama pilot, “666 Park Avenue”, just got picked up for a full season. And quicker than you can say the title three times, there’s a trailer for the series.
The thriller, based on the Gabriella Pierce book series of the same name, “centers on a young couple (Rachael Taylor and Dave Annable) that accepts an offer to manage one of the most historic apartment buildings in New York City. They unwittingly begin to experience supernatural occurrences, which complicate and endanger the lives of everyone in the building.” The show stars Terry O’Quinn (“Lost”), Vanessa Williams (“Desperate Housewives”), Rachael Taylor (“Charlie’s Angels”, “Grey’s Anatomy”) and Dave Annable – (“Brothers And Sisters”). The pilot was written by “Fringe” scribe David Wilcox.
Let us know what you think. It’s certainly more “light and rompy” than I expected, and it definitely lacks the flair for the edgy and bizarre that “American Horror Story” has. It looks more like “Supernatural” for rich yuppies who don’t go anywhere. Actually it looks nothing like “Supernatural”.
What does it look like?!?! Head inside.
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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