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Honest ‘Predator’ Trailer Goofs on Cast, ‘Home Alone’ Similarities
I never realized how similar Home Alone was to Predator until I saw this hysterical new “Honest Trailer” for John McTiernan‘s epic 1987 masterpiece. I’m actually a big fan of the Honest Trailer series because it’s such good-natured ribbing that comes from a good place and doesn’t project an ounce of mean-spiritedness.
The riff on Predator does a great job of goofing on the fact that the film opens with a shot of an alien spaceship, which removes the “who” from the film’s story arc. It’s also factually comical as it breaks down the film’s cast, which included Shane Black (who was to do on-set punch-ups) and once starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as the Predator.
I love that its closing statement is that Predator is timeless and could be re-released today.
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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