The 1980s cultivated a sense of paranoia — all sides of the media played into the idea of being spied on. Then something happened in the following decades where people suddenly wanted to be watched, especially on a large scale. From reality television to vlogs to online influencers, exhibitionism and voyeurism have taken on new forms and meanings. In response to the changing times, the horror genre found a way to both comment on and make itself a part of the trend. Commercial attempts like Halloween: Resurrection touched on the concept’s dark side, but the underbelly of this subgenre is where criticism is at its most scathing. And no other horror movie lambastes the reality boom quite like My Little Eye.
While people today are by and large less inhibited when it comes to broadcasting their lives online, the five characters in Marc Evans’ 2002 movie were initially reluctant to join a reality webcast.
While people today are by and large less inhibited when it comes to broadcasting their lives online, the five characters in Marc Evans’ 2002 movie were initially reluctant to join a reality webcast.
- 10/21/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
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