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[San Diego Comic-Con ’12] Is ‘Twilight’ A Gateway To Horror? Fans In Line Speak To Bloody…
Evan Dickson (@EvanDickson) reports live from the San Diego Comic-Con: The “Twilight” fanbase is one of the more maligned groups of people out there. So much so that there was no shortage of jokes yesterday when one of them was sadly killed in an accident while waiting in line for Thursday’s Hall H panel. That’s some seriously unearned hate and it’s pretty sad that someone waiting in line for Pacific Rim or something thinks that someone else’s life is worth less than theirs because of a divergence in taste.
As much as I dislike “Twilight” itself, the fact remains that we have a lot in common with fans of that franchise – the fact that we’re fans of something. It’s one thing to playfully chide your friends, but anyone who is passionate about something ultimately deserves to have their fandom respected.
I just caught up with two groups of Twilight fans outside of Hall H. Both have been here for days. And while one group is here strictly for the romance aspect of the series, another group (the very first people in line) says the “Twilight” saga actually opened them up to horror in general. Who knows? Maybe in two more years they’ll be here to see Guillermo Del Toro.
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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