Dashcam (2021)

Directed by

Rob Savage

Genre

horror film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

R

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 131 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A musician livestreams from her phone while driving in London during the pandemic. She agrees to transport a strange elderly woman and ends up trapped in a series of horrific events.

chaoticintenseclaustrophobicfreneticunsettlingnerve-wrackinggrimyfast-paced

What happens

Dashcam (stylised in all caps) is a 2021 horror film directed by Rob Savage, who co-wrote the screenplay with Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd. It stars Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, and Angela Enahoro, and follows a semi-fictionalized version of Hardy who leaves Los Angeles for a surprise visit to her former bandmate in London during the COVID-19 pandemic, only to find herself in a series of nightmarish events after agreeing to escort a strange elderly woman to a secret location in her friend's car. A screenlife film, Dashcam is presented entirely from the perspective of Hardy's iPhone as she livestreams her actions for viewers. The film was produced by Jason Blum through his company Blumhouse Productions, Savage through his company BOO-URNS, and Douglas Cox through Shadowhouse Films. Savage and Shepherd developed the idea for Dashcam based on Hardy's livestreamed YouTube series Band Car, in which she would work out song ideas in real-time with viewers while driving around Los Angeles. Savage felt the concept would make for a good found footage horror film, and ultimately asked Hardy to appear in it. Dashcam had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was a runner-up for the People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness. It was released theatrically by Momentum Pictures in the United Kingdom and the United States on 3 June 2022. It grossed $70,585, and received mixed reviews; its scariness, visual format, and provocative themes were praised, but most felt its effectiveness was undermined by Hardy's character being too grating and unlikeable. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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