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‘Buddy’ – Cristin Milioti Starring in “Unique” Horror Movie from ‘Too Many Cooks’ Director
Production has begun this week on Buddy, a unique horror movie from Too Many Cooks and Adult Swim Yule Log director Casper Kelly.
Emmy-nominated actor Cristin Milioti (“The Penguin”) is attached to star, THR reports.
Naturally, plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but it’s described as a “new experience in horror.” Kelly co-wrote the script with Jamie King, who previously worked on the Disney+ family movie World’s Best. Considering Kelly’s attachment, it feels safe to assume that Buddy will live up to its “unique” descriptor.
In addition to the mind-bending Adult Swim short “Too Many Cooks” and increasingly wild Yule Log and its sequel, Kelly also contributed the unforgettable “Cheddar Goblin” commercial inserted in Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy.
Milioti earned an Emmy nomination for playing Sofia Falcone in the DC series “The Penguin,” has appeared in “Black Mirror,” and is currently in talks to star in A24 horror movie The Backrooms.
J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules are producing Buddy via their BoulderLight Pictures, the banner behind this year’s Companion and upcoming Weapons. Tyler Davidson and Drew Sykes are producing for Low Spark Films.
We have no idea what Buddy is exactly, but with Kelly, Milioti, and BoulgerLight attached, that makes this project one to watch.
Stay tuned.
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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