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Latest ’11-11-11′ Blog Tells of Mysterious Illnesses
Shooting is close to wrapping in Spain on Darren Lynn Bousman’s religious horror flick 11-11-11, but not before he can squeeze in another blog or two. This morning he updated his official website with a list of “odd occurrences” that he found chilling, before throwing in a creepy story about a “ghost sighting”. He swears there’s no viral intent and that this is for realz. I believe it.
“The more of these blogs I write, the more I begin to question my own sanity for writing them. I am at a point now where I am beginning to censor myself, because I feel that no one will believe the words i am writing,” he explained.
“I, personally, have yet to see anything `unexplainable,’ but we have had some very upsetting injuries.
-The first night at the house, the second AD, Leo, fell while walking to set and broke his ankle…
-The script supervisor, Joana had to go to the hospital the second night in the house after falling violently ill.
-Last week, Jota (on set props) was standing still during a take when a light suddenly fell from the ceiling, hitting him on the head…
-Two hours after my parents arrived at the location, my dad became very ill and spent the remainder of the day back at the hotel throwing up…”
But the truly cool story begins when, “About four days ago, one of the producers on the film came down to video village… He stood there for a couple of minutes… White as a sheet… After a long and uncomfortable silence, one of the crew members said, ‘What?’” Want to know what he saw? Click here for the full blog that also features some really cool behind-the-scenes photos.
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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