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Meet the Contestants Who Must Survive ‘The Furies’ [Images]
From the producer of the Sundance hit Killing Ground, here are some new shots from Odin’s Eye’s The Furies, described as “a gripping female-driven horror film that burrows into universal themes of survival, revenge, and redemption.”
“In the film, a young woman faces her darkest fears with seven other unwilling participants in a deadly game.”
The film’s name has been inspired by the goddesses in Greek mythology who exact vengeance on men who have wronged women, we’re told.
The main objective of the film’s Sydney-based writer and director, Tony D’Aquino, was to capture the look and feel of the uncompromising horror films of the ‘70s.
In creating the eight killers, the team drew inspiration from classic ‘70s and ‘80s slasher films, including Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, The Burning, and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
D’Aquino’s brief was to “do everything in camera, not in CGI” stating: “I want the violence to be messy and visceral!”
Over one hundred liters of blood were used by the crew during the shoot in the country town of Bywong – a historic gold mining village just outside of Australia’s capital city, Canberra. Thanks to Fabien for sending these images on over.
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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