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‘The Darkness’ Is Coming for Kevin Bacon’s Family (Trailer)
Fan of Wolf Creek? How about the awesome giant crocodile movie Rogue? Shit, then you’re in luck! Director Greg McLean is taking on the supernatural with The Darkness, which stars Kevin Bacon and reunites McLean with Rogue star Radha Mitchell.
Formerly titled 6 Miranda Drive, we now have the official trailer for The Darkness, which opens in theaters on Friday, May 13, 2016.
In the film, “As a family returns home from vacation at the Grand Canyon, they innocently bring home a supernatural force that preys off their own fears and vulnerabilities, threatening to destroy them from within, while consuming their lives with terrifying consequences.”
David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh and Jennifer Morrison also star.
The trailer, below, looks to have a really fun spirit, which isn’t surprising considering what a blast I had watching McLean’s Wolf Creek 2. The “relic” concept is one I enjoy as it harks back to films like Hellraiser, Wishmaster and even The Exorcist; it’s a simple, yet effective way to explain a haunting. The trailer really hones in on “they,” which is the big thing that has me captivated. I have a lot of faith in McLean, so let’s see what he pulls out this coming Friday the 13th!
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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