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‘Still/Born’ Trailer Fears the Unborn
“Fear the unborn.”
Director Brandon Christensen’s Still/Born made an impression at last year’s Overlook Film Festival, nabbing the prestigious Scariest Feature Award. The jurors praised that the film, explaining that it “combines visceral chills and a creepy atmosphere into a perfectly terrifying package.” Although, Kalyn wasn’t a huge fan, writing that it “fails to capitalize on its own commentary.”
Today we can share the official trailer for Still/Born, Christensen’s feature debut opening in theaters and VOD platforms February 9, 2018, through Vertical Entertainment.
“Mary, a new mother gives birth to two twins, but only one of them is alive. While taking care of her remaining child, Adam, she suspects that something, a supernatural entity, has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.”
The film’s cast includes Christie Burke (Twilight: Breaking Dawn, A Single Shot), Jesse Moss (Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, The Uninvited), Rebecca Olson (Kindergarten Cop 2), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers, Turbo Kid).
Colin Minihan and Brandon Christensen wrote the script.
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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