One day in the distant future, horror fans are going to have a rude awakening. Eventually, every single idea that Stephen King has ever committed to the page is going to be adapted into a film or television series; it's inevitable. But until that sad day comes, let's all continue to focus on what spooky King property is coming down the pipeline next.
The sparse but undeniably creepy short story "The Boogeyman" from the "Night Shift" collection is being adapted by director Rob Savage from a script by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, scribes for "A Quiet Place". Originally, the movie was set to premiere on Hulu this year until a well-received test screening and a winning endorsement from King himself convinced Disney's 20th Century Studios to release the film theatrically.
The risk of releasing new genre films in movie theaters instead of going directly to streaming has been paying...
The sparse but undeniably creepy short story "The Boogeyman" from the "Night Shift" collection is being adapted by director Rob Savage from a script by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, scribes for "A Quiet Place". Originally, the movie was set to premiere on Hulu this year until a well-received test screening and a winning endorsement from King himself convinced Disney's 20th Century Studios to release the film theatrically.
The risk of releasing new genre films in movie theaters instead of going directly to streaming has been paying...
- 4/30/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Writer/Director Rob Savage made huge waves in 2020 with Zoom-hosted seance gone wrong lockdown horror Host, a film recently voted as one of the scariest of all time in an online poll, and which caused sleepless nights for many horror hounds amidst the pandemic. Now, he returns with a Covid chiller of an altogether different sort. Where Host’s power was in its confinement, Dashcam goes out into our pandemic-battered world, as one provocative personality finds herself in an ever unfurling nightmare. In what is already gaining attention as a modern day video nasty.
Starring alternative indie rocker Annie Hardy (playing an extreme version of herself), this film sees the loud and controversial anti-vax, Trump supporting, live-streaming improv “rapper”, escaping the American lockdown experience to travel to meet an old mate in England. When things naturally go awkward, she finds herself on the road, unexpectedly asked to give a quiet...
Starring alternative indie rocker Annie Hardy (playing an extreme version of herself), this film sees the loud and controversial anti-vax, Trump supporting, live-streaming improv “rapper”, escaping the American lockdown experience to travel to meet an old mate in England. When things naturally go awkward, she finds herself on the road, unexpectedly asked to give a quiet...
- 6/9/2022
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
Stars: Annie Hardy, Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro, Jemma Moore | Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd | Directed by Rob Savage
The filmmaking team behind lockdown hit Host return with this Blumhouse-produced follow-up, shot by the cast and crew on iPhone cameras. Amusingly provocative, fast-paced and filled with shocks and scares, it’s the epitome of a wild ride.
Sticking to the fruitful territory of horror movies set during the pandemic, Dashcam centres on Annie Hardy, a gleefully offensive, Maga-loving, Covid-denying vlogger, who drives around L.A. at night hosting “Bandcar: The Internet’s Number 1 Live Improvised Music Show Broadcast from a Moving Vehicle” (Hardy’s actual show).
Fed up with America, Annie decamps to England, intending to visit her friend Stretch (Amar Chadha-Patel), but her obnoxious antics quickly get her thrown out by Stretch’s girlfriend (Jemma Moore), so she steals Stretch’s car and accepts a pick-up job on his behalf.
The filmmaking team behind lockdown hit Host return with this Blumhouse-produced follow-up, shot by the cast and crew on iPhone cameras. Amusingly provocative, fast-paced and filled with shocks and scares, it’s the epitome of a wild ride.
Sticking to the fruitful territory of horror movies set during the pandemic, Dashcam centres on Annie Hardy, a gleefully offensive, Maga-loving, Covid-denying vlogger, who drives around L.A. at night hosting “Bandcar: The Internet’s Number 1 Live Improvised Music Show Broadcast from a Moving Vehicle” (Hardy’s actual show).
Fed up with America, Annie decamps to England, intending to visit her friend Stretch (Amar Chadha-Patel), but her obnoxious antics quickly get her thrown out by Stretch’s girlfriend (Jemma Moore), so she steals Stretch’s car and accepts a pick-up job on his behalf.
- 6/8/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Sometimes knowing the why and wherefore of something slightly spoils a horror film. Why does Michael Myers kill? No reason. What exactly is The Thing in The Thing (it’s a thing). Wft is That at the end of [Rec]?
Rob Savage’s Dashcam, his follow up to Zoom-based lockdown horror Host is in some ways one such movie. It’s a barrage of images and sound transmitted via protagonist Annie’s dashcam and her mobile phone. We the audience don’t really understand exactly what’s going on anymore than Annie does, we just know it’s gross and horrible!
But if you’re someone who after the fact does like to delve a little deeper into the mythology of what’s going on, we’re here for you.
Dashcam follow right-wing internet a-hole Annie Hardy (played by Hardy) who travels to the UK from LA to visit former band...
Rob Savage’s Dashcam, his follow up to Zoom-based lockdown horror Host is in some ways one such movie. It’s a barrage of images and sound transmitted via protagonist Annie’s dashcam and her mobile phone. We the audience don’t really understand exactly what’s going on anymore than Annie does, we just know it’s gross and horrible!
But if you’re someone who after the fact does like to delve a little deeper into the mythology of what’s going on, we’re here for you.
Dashcam follow right-wing internet a-hole Annie Hardy (played by Hardy) who travels to the UK from LA to visit former band...
- 6/7/2022
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
One of the biggest hits during the pandemic, and certainly the most iconically “Covid” movie, was Rob Savage’s smart horror Host, a 57 minute chiller based entirely over a Zoom call. It was scary, it was incredibly current and it put Savage and his cast and crew firmly on the horror map.
Now with his follow up, Dashcam, Savage and his team are experimenting with the genre once again. Another found footage movie, Dashcam follows right-wing internet personality Annie Hardy (played by US musician Annie Hardy) as she live streams her increasingly bizarre evening for her fans (the whole thing is told via her dashcam or her mobile). Annie, the character, is in the mould of the Final Girl (the single surviving female who has suffered all manner of ordeals and makes it out the other side of the horror movie) but unlike in the classic trope, Annie is, as...
Now with his follow up, Dashcam, Savage and his team are experimenting with the genre once again. Another found footage movie, Dashcam follows right-wing internet personality Annie Hardy (played by US musician Annie Hardy) as she live streams her increasingly bizarre evening for her fans (the whole thing is told via her dashcam or her mobile). Annie, the character, is in the mould of the Final Girl (the single surviving female who has suffered all manner of ordeals and makes it out the other side of the horror movie) but unlike in the classic trope, Annie is, as...
- 6/6/2022
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
This review of “Dashcam” was first published Sept. 11, 2021, after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In the future, when we look back at the cinema from the Covid epidemic, there will be a special place reserved for Rob Savage’s “Host.” The supernatural thriller, conceived and produced and released during lockdown, told the story of a seance performed over a friendly Zoom call, and how one person’s irresponsibility doomed everyone they knew. “Host” keyed into the most contemporary anxieties imaginable and it did so with class, cleverness, and aplomb. It was one of the best films of 2020.
Savage is back one year later with a new Covid nightmare called “Dashcam,” a film that also takes place entirely on a digital screen — the protagonist’s phone — and also takes place smack dab in the middle of the pandemic. But this time, the protagonist, a version of Giant Drag...
In the future, when we look back at the cinema from the Covid epidemic, there will be a special place reserved for Rob Savage’s “Host.” The supernatural thriller, conceived and produced and released during lockdown, told the story of a seance performed over a friendly Zoom call, and how one person’s irresponsibility doomed everyone they knew. “Host” keyed into the most contemporary anxieties imaginable and it did so with class, cleverness, and aplomb. It was one of the best films of 2020.
Savage is back one year later with a new Covid nightmare called “Dashcam,” a film that also takes place entirely on a digital screen — the protagonist’s phone — and also takes place smack dab in the middle of the pandemic. But this time, the protagonist, a version of Giant Drag...
- 6/2/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
‘Bergman Island’, ‘Dashcam’ and ‘Major’ are also set to debut.
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Bergman Island’, ‘Dascham’ and ‘Major’ are also set to debut.
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
‘Bergman Island’, ‘Dascham’ and ‘Major’ are also out this weekend.
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
After it soared to the top of the UK-Ireland box office last weekend, Top Gun: Maverick is highly likely to hold onto the number one spot after the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, amid a quiet week for new openers.
The chief contender for breaking into the top five among this weekend’s debuts is Top Gun: Maverick’s fellow Cannes premiere Men, which opens at 570 sites for Entertainment Film Distributors – this weekend’s widest new release.
The Directors’ Fortnight title, which is directed by Ex Machina filmmaker Alex Garland,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Arrhythmia of the Night: Savage Triumphs with Delightfully Bizarre Socio-Horror
There’s an art to successful presentations of unlikeable characters, further complicated when a protagonist is also unforgivably obnoxious. And when a filmmaker can transport us from loathing to at least a begrudging respect for said character, it conjures a rare sense of the sublime. Such is the case with Rob Savage’s found footage horror film Dashcam, technically the filmmaker’s second pandemic related film after last year’s medium-length item Host. Fashioning musician Annie Hardy (of Giant Drag) into a Maga loving conspiracist who heads to London to avoid Southern California’s stringent lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, Savage gets our hackles up and then descends into chaotic madness.…...
There’s an art to successful presentations of unlikeable characters, further complicated when a protagonist is also unforgivably obnoxious. And when a filmmaker can transport us from loathing to at least a begrudging respect for said character, it conjures a rare sense of the sublime. Such is the case with Rob Savage’s found footage horror film Dashcam, technically the filmmaker’s second pandemic related film after last year’s medium-length item Host. Fashioning musician Annie Hardy (of Giant Drag) into a Maga loving conspiracist who heads to London to avoid Southern California’s stringent lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, Savage gets our hackles up and then descends into chaotic madness.…...
- 6/2/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Annie Hardy plays a livestream host so toxic that even zombies struggle to deal with her
Nasty, brutish and mercifully short, but occasionally mildly amusing, Dashcam represents another dollop of pandemic-themed shock schlock from writer-director Rob Savage, recently renowned for his lockdown-set horror pic Host. This time around, Savage has exchanged Host’s Zoom-chat framing device for a Discord stream, with comments and emojis scrolling up from the bottom of the screen as a fictional audience reacts to the main content. This will probably need a lot of explaining to viewers in 20 years’ time, but for now it seems very à la mode and down with the kids, as is the blurry gore-soaked violence, smutty material (get ready for lots of jokes about anal insertions) and air of cynicism.
The star of the show is Annie Hardy, a social media star apparently playing a version of her Irl self: she...
Nasty, brutish and mercifully short, but occasionally mildly amusing, Dashcam represents another dollop of pandemic-themed shock schlock from writer-director Rob Savage, recently renowned for his lockdown-set horror pic Host. This time around, Savage has exchanged Host’s Zoom-chat framing device for a Discord stream, with comments and emojis scrolling up from the bottom of the screen as a fictional audience reacts to the main content. This will probably need a lot of explaining to viewers in 20 years’ time, but for now it seems very à la mode and down with the kids, as is the blurry gore-soaked violence, smutty material (get ready for lots of jokes about anal insertions) and air of cynicism.
The star of the show is Annie Hardy, a social media star apparently playing a version of her Irl self: she...
- 6/1/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Following up the fantastically frightening Host was never going to be a walk in the park for writer/director Rob Savage and writer/producers Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd, but the trio have thankfully smashed it with the dazzlingly demented Dashcam.
With scale, production and (presumably) budget enhanced, and clout bolstered by Blumhouse, Dashcam retains the faux “found footage” online vibe that worked so well with its predecessor, yet this is more sprawling and adventurous, despite, like Host, being produced during the pandemic, with crew and fictional characters operating under Covid restrictions.
The story introduces us to grating anti-vax vlogger Annie Hardy (Annie Hardy) who livestreams a journey to the UK from America as part of her improvised driving/music show BandCar. Upon arrival, Annie meets ex-band mate/musical collaborator “Stretch” (Amar Chadha-Patel) who has since settled down, got married and found a job delivering food.
After clashing with Stretch...
With scale, production and (presumably) budget enhanced, and clout bolstered by Blumhouse, Dashcam retains the faux “found footage” online vibe that worked so well with its predecessor, yet this is more sprawling and adventurous, despite, like Host, being produced during the pandemic, with crew and fictional characters operating under Covid restrictions.
The story introduces us to grating anti-vax vlogger Annie Hardy (Annie Hardy) who livestreams a journey to the UK from America as part of her improvised driving/music show BandCar. Upon arrival, Annie meets ex-band mate/musical collaborator “Stretch” (Amar Chadha-Patel) who has since settled down, got married and found a job delivering food.
After clashing with Stretch...
- 5/31/2022
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
After breaking out with the Zoom-set horror film Host back in 2020, Director Rob Savage teamed up with genre specialist Blumhouse for the chaotic found-footage horror Dashcam. The film follows an abrasive musician’s (Annie Hardy) night, via her livestream, as it takes a dangerous turn when she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town. In this […]
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- 5/23/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Film played 2021 BFI London, Sitges, Toronto.
Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has announced territory sales in Cannes on Blumhouse Productions horror Dashcam.
The company has closed deals with Non Stop for Scandinavia and Baltics, Lanterna De Pedra Filmes for Portugal, Kriscoe Media for Middle East and M C Twist for Japan.
Herwitz said negotiations were underway for numerous other territories and added, “Even though the market has definitely changed since Covid, it is reassuring to see that quality still sells.”
Writer-director Rob Savage’s story centres on a live-streaming, abrasive musician’s night which takes a dangerous turn when...
Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has announced territory sales in Cannes on Blumhouse Productions horror Dashcam.
The company has closed deals with Non Stop for Scandinavia and Baltics, Lanterna De Pedra Filmes for Portugal, Kriscoe Media for Middle East and M C Twist for Japan.
Herwitz said negotiations were underway for numerous other territories and added, “Even though the market has definitely changed since Covid, it is reassuring to see that quality still sells.”
Writer-director Rob Savage’s story centres on a live-streaming, abrasive musician’s night which takes a dangerous turn when...
- 5/22/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Writer/Director of the surprise horror hit Host returns with another feature that takes place during the pandemic. This time, Dashcam, focuses on Annie, who steals her ex-bandmate’s car, and makes a decision that will change the course of her entire night: she gives an elderly woman a ride. Dashcam features mainly a cast of newcomers such as Annie Hardy and Seylan Baxter, with the film set to be released on June 3, 2022. Here are the five best moments from the horror feature’s recent trailer. How Did You Find Me? The first seconds of the trailer showcase the nightlife
The Five Best Moments Of Blumhouse’s Dashcam Trailer...
The Five Best Moments Of Blumhouse’s Dashcam Trailer...
- 5/7/2022
- by Jeffrey Bowie Jr.
- TVovermind.com
Entertainment One has debuted the full trailer for Rob Savage’s ‘Dashcam.’
The film follows Annie Hardy on a crazy horror road trip. Viewed through her live stream, this abrasive musician’s night takes a dangerous turn after she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
Directed by Rob Savage (Host), it stars breakout Annie Hardy, Angela Enahoro and Amar Chadha-Patel (Disney+ Willow).
Also in trailers – Exclusive – Powerful new Trailer launched for Justin Kurzel’s ‘Nitram’
The movie hits cinemas on June 3rd and Digital Download on June 6th.
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The film follows Annie Hardy on a crazy horror road trip. Viewed through her live stream, this abrasive musician’s night takes a dangerous turn after she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
Directed by Rob Savage (Host), it stars breakout Annie Hardy, Angela Enahoro and Amar Chadha-Patel (Disney+ Willow).
Also in trailers – Exclusive – Powerful new Trailer launched for Justin Kurzel’s ‘Nitram’
The movie hits cinemas on June 3rd and Digital Download on June 6th.
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- 4/28/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage and Jed Shepherd and produced by Blumhouse Productions, Dashcam is directed by Rob Savage (Host) and stars breakout Annie Hardy, Angela Enahoro and Amar Chadha-Patel (Disney+’s Willow).
The film follows Annie Hardy on a crazy horror road trip. Viewed through her livestream, this abrasive musician’s night takes a dangerous turn after she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
The new film from the creators of acclaimed lockdown breakout hit Host, Dashcam is being released on the back of a successful festival run, including the 2021 BFI London Film Festival, horror festival Sitges, and Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named runner up People’s Choice Award: Midnight Madness.
Dashcam will be released in selected UK cinemas on Friday June 3, 2022 by eOne and will be available for digital download from Monday June 6, 2022. Check out the new trailer and...
The film follows Annie Hardy on a crazy horror road trip. Viewed through her livestream, this abrasive musician’s night takes a dangerous turn after she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
The new film from the creators of acclaimed lockdown breakout hit Host, Dashcam is being released on the back of a successful festival run, including the 2021 BFI London Film Festival, horror festival Sitges, and Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named runner up People’s Choice Award: Midnight Madness.
Dashcam will be released in selected UK cinemas on Friday June 3, 2022 by eOne and will be available for digital download from Monday June 6, 2022. Check out the new trailer and...
- 4/28/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
“Dashcam,” the divisive horror movie from Rob Savage and Blumhouse, has revealed a trailer ahead of its release in theaters and on demand on June 3.
Per the official synopsis, “At the start of the pandemic, an indulgent and self-deluded livestreaming improv musician abandons L.A. for London, steals her ex-band mate’s car, and makes the wrong decision to give a ride to an elderly woman who is not what she seems.”
The found footage horror about a “noxious pandemic denier who flouts all contagion-prevention protocols” is produced by Jason Blum and Douglas Cox, while executive producers include Savage, Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd and Ryan Turek. Annie Hardy stars alongside Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro and Seylan Baxter.
“Dashcam” follows Savage’s 2020 effort “Host,” another pandemic-set horror about six friends who hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom call.
Variety’s review out of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,...
Per the official synopsis, “At the start of the pandemic, an indulgent and self-deluded livestreaming improv musician abandons L.A. for London, steals her ex-band mate’s car, and makes the wrong decision to give a ride to an elderly woman who is not what she seems.”
The found footage horror about a “noxious pandemic denier who flouts all contagion-prevention protocols” is produced by Jason Blum and Douglas Cox, while executive producers include Savage, Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd and Ryan Turek. Annie Hardy stars alongside Amar Chadha-Patel, Angela Enahoro and Seylan Baxter.
“Dashcam” follows Savage’s 2020 effort “Host,” another pandemic-set horror about six friends who hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom call.
Variety’s review out of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,...
- 4/27/2022
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
A delivery driver with a penchant for live-streaming gets thrown into a chaotic mess of unspecified horror in the new trailer for Dashcam.
The film was directed by Rob Savage, the British filmmaker behind the 2020 pandemic hit, Host, which takes place over the course of a lockdown Zoom call that grows increasingly unhinged. Dashcam, similarly, is shown entirely through the perspective of a livestream hosted by Annie (Annie Hardy), an aspiring musician who ditches Los Angeles in the thick of the pandemic to go visit her former bandmate Stretch (Amer Chadha-Patel) in London.
The film was directed by Rob Savage, the British filmmaker behind the 2020 pandemic hit, Host, which takes place over the course of a lockdown Zoom call that grows increasingly unhinged. Dashcam, similarly, is shown entirely through the perspective of a livestream hosted by Annie (Annie Hardy), an aspiring musician who ditches Los Angeles in the thick of the pandemic to go visit her former bandmate Stretch (Amer Chadha-Patel) in London.
- 4/27/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
"She found us! She's here!" Strap in, this is going to get bumpy! Momentum Pictures has launched the main official trailer for the insanely scary horror film Dashcam, the latest from innovative genre filmmaker Rob Savage - who broke out with his Zoom horror Host during the pandemic in 2020 (along with his awesome 2-minute short Salt). This one is a found footage / livestream format horror film starring Annie Hardy as "herself" - she goes back home to London and gets caught up in some strange happenings there. Two friends on a horror-fueled road trip livestream the most terrifying night of their lives. The cast also includes Amar Chadha-Patel as Stretch, Angela Enahoro as Angela, Seylan Baxter as Seylan. This is one wild film! The livestream horror flick received completely polarizing reviews at TIFF - some hated it, and some loved it, but it gets so full-on insane in the second half.
- 4/27/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After breaking out with the Zoom-set horror film Host back in 2020, Director Rob Savage teamed up with genre specialist Blumhouse for the chaotic found-footage horror Dashcam. The first trailer is finally here ahead of this summer’s release and promises a frenzy of scares as the footage follows an abrasive musician’s (Annie Hardy) night, via […]
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- 4/27/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company handles international sales and EFM.
Momentum Pictures has acquired North America and UK rights to Blumhouse Productions’ Dashcam from Host director Rob Savage. Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company has launched handles international sales at EFM.
The distributor plans a summer theatrical release on Dashcam,which follows an abrasive musician’s night, via her livestream, as it takes a dangerous turn when she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
Annie Hardy stars as a caustic online streamer whose anarchic behavior triggers a non-stop nightmare. The film also...
Momentum Pictures has acquired North America and UK rights to Blumhouse Productions’ Dashcam from Host director Rob Savage. Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company has launched handles international sales at EFM.
The distributor plans a summer theatrical release on Dashcam,which follows an abrasive musician’s night, via her livestream, as it takes a dangerous turn when she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
Annie Hardy stars as a caustic online streamer whose anarchic behavior triggers a non-stop nightmare. The film also...
- 2/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Momentum Pictures has acquired North American and UK rights to Blumhouse Productions’ thriller Dashcam from director Rob Savage, who broke out in 2020 with his pandemic horror feature, Host. The Entertainment One company plans to release it in theaters this summer.
Dashcam follows an abrasive musician’s (Annie Hardy) night, via her livestream, as it takes a dangerous turn when she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival, where it was named runner-up for the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award, then going on to screen at BFI London and the horror festival Sitges. Savage, Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd penned the script, with Savage producing alongside Jason Blum and Douglas Cox, and Hurley, Shepherd and Ryan Turek exec producing. Amar Chadha-Patel (Disney+’s Willow) and newcomer Angela Enahoro rounded out the cast.
Blumhouse has tapped frequent collaborator Andrew Herwitz,...
Dashcam follows an abrasive musician’s (Annie Hardy) night, via her livestream, as it takes a dangerous turn when she agrees to help transport a frail elderly woman out of town.
The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival, where it was named runner-up for the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award, then going on to screen at BFI London and the horror festival Sitges. Savage, Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd penned the script, with Savage producing alongside Jason Blum and Douglas Cox, and Hurley, Shepherd and Ryan Turek exec producing. Amar Chadha-Patel (Disney+’s Willow) and newcomer Angela Enahoro rounded out the cast.
Blumhouse has tapped frequent collaborator Andrew Herwitz,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In the span of a couple of years, writer/director Rob Savage has become a sort of anomaly in the film business releasing tiny, back-to-back horror movies that have managed to impress critics while leaving audiences somewhat lukewarm. I haven't seen last year's Host which unfolds completely over computer screens but his latest, the Midnight Madness-selected Dashcam is certainly an experience.
Real-life musician Annie Hardy, formerly of Giant Drag, plays an exaggerated version of herself: an "always on" streamer who spends most of her life in front of the camera for a show titled "Band Car" where she drives around improvising songs and raps for her captive audience. Tired of the lock-down restrictions in LA, she makes an unexpected trip to London, landing at the home of a...
Real-life musician Annie Hardy, formerly of Giant Drag, plays an exaggerated version of herself: an "always on" streamer who spends most of her life in front of the camera for a show titled "Band Car" where she drives around improvising songs and raps for her captive audience. Tired of the lock-down restrictions in LA, she makes an unexpected trip to London, landing at the home of a...
- 9/21/2021
- QuietEarth.us
It's easy to go a little crazy in a world where streaming, tweeting, and commenting on our lives at all times has become "a thing." Unfortunately, one of the emerging trends is particularly harmful and toxic; namely, people who thrive on being offensive, dangerous, and completely unethical. Annie (Annie Hardy) checks all of these boxes in Rob Savage's newest creation, Dashcam, a gore-filled mad ride that will turn off viewers with its insensitive approach to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The plot revolves around Annie, an American internet troll who thrives on being extremely outspoken and frequently offensive. The character is vulgar and candid about her anti-vaccination and the overall pandemic views. One could say that she is a stereotypical “Karen,” rocking her Maga hat and yelling at those who wear masks and respect social distancing. But Annie decides to break the quarantine rules by traveling from Los Angeles to London,...
The plot revolves around Annie, an American internet troll who thrives on being extremely outspoken and frequently offensive. The character is vulgar and candid about her anti-vaccination and the overall pandemic views. One could say that she is a stereotypical “Karen,” rocking her Maga hat and yelling at those who wear masks and respect social distancing. But Annie decides to break the quarantine rules by traveling from Los Angeles to London,...
- 9/17/2021
- by Zofia Wijaszka
- DailyDead
Creating an interesting protagonist in a horror movie is a difficult thing. Conventional wisdom suggests they should be blandly appealing, and thereby a surrogate for any viewer to insert themselves into the nightmare. More often than not though, they are treated as disposable. Interchangeable faces who eventually become pieces of meat, lambs to the slaughter. Whether by fluke or design, the “heroes” of entire popular movements in the genre—slasher flicks in the ‘80s, torture porn in the 2000s—eventually devolved into figures of ridicule: victims who the audience would root against, sometimes uncomfortably so.
All of which is a long way to note the uniquely diabolical nature of Rob Savage’s Dashcam and its hero Annie (played by Annie Hardy). Following in the footsteps of Savage’s Zoom shocker from last year, Host, Dashcam is a relentless found footage chiller that is more scary for how it reflects our...
All of which is a long way to note the uniquely diabolical nature of Rob Savage’s Dashcam and its hero Annie (played by Annie Hardy). Following in the footsteps of Savage’s Zoom shocker from last year, Host, Dashcam is a relentless found footage chiller that is more scary for how it reflects our...
- 9/15/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
In 2020, Rob Savage and Douglas Cox won over horror fans with “Host,” a film shot entirely during the pandemic about a joke seance during a Zoom call that goes horribly wrong. Now they’re back with “Dashcam,” a microbudget horror film in the same vein that premiered in the Midnight section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
In an interview with TheWrap, Savage and Cox talked about how “Dashcam” didn’t have a proper screenplay when filming began, just a story treatment that was fleshed out with input from the film’s cast. The film stars musician Annie Hardy as a libertarian caricature of herself, who runs away to England after complaining about the Covid restrictions in the U.S.. While livestreaming her travels, she is offered a huge sum of money to transport a seemingly frail woman, who turns out to not be anything that she appears to be.
In an interview with TheWrap, Savage and Cox talked about how “Dashcam” didn’t have a proper screenplay when filming began, just a story treatment that was fleshed out with input from the film’s cast. The film stars musician Annie Hardy as a libertarian caricature of herself, who runs away to England after complaining about the Covid restrictions in the U.S.. While livestreaming her travels, she is offered a huge sum of money to transport a seemingly frail woman, who turns out to not be anything that she appears to be.
- 9/13/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Waxing, waning Covid restrictions continue to force filmmakers to develop workarounds if they want to work at all. While one can admire their enterprise, it would be fibbing to pretend most such efforts to date have been very interesting as art or entertainment, beyond the novelty of whatever conceptual gimmick allowed them to keep cast and locations to a segregated minimum. An exception last year was streaming hit “Host,” which delivered a fun and scary ride despite the notion of a demonic presence invading a group Zoom call being similar to numerous other recent horror opuses. Its success was particularly notable since the film didn’t even quite reach feature length, clocking in at just under an hour.
Going for broke at a whole 77 minutes — well, if you count the whopping 11 dedicated to final credits — is “Dashcam,” which reunites director Rob Savage and his “Host” co-writers. Again, their hook is Covid-related,...
Going for broke at a whole 77 minutes — well, if you count the whopping 11 dedicated to final credits — is “Dashcam,” which reunites director Rob Savage and his “Host” co-writers. Again, their hook is Covid-related,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
In 2020, filmmaker Rob Savage found himself stuck in place from pandemic lockdowns. Rather than wait things out, he got clever and, with friends, made the horror movie Host about a Zoom seance that manifests a murderous spirit. It was a fun piece of stunt filmmaking that arrived at the perfect time, using limitations of self-isolation to pull off a series of funhouse scares with clever special effects—on the surface a good, old-fashioned fun time that, in its use of liminal spaces like Internet chat rooms and the lockdown itself, doubled as a time capsule of the pandemic’s initial months. Now, just over a year later, Savage returns with Dashcam, another variation on screen-life horror that scales up ambition with mixed results.
The film is set entirely over a livestream called Band Car, where host Annie (Annie Hardy) drives around and freestyle raps with words her viewers submit over the stream’s chatroom.
The film is set entirely over a livestream called Band Car, where host Annie (Annie Hardy) drives around and freestyle raps with words her viewers submit over the stream’s chatroom.
- 9/12/2021
- by C.J. Prince
- The Film Stage
Punk’s not dead, but it is about to get murdered. At least that’s the premise of New Wave anti-biopic “The Icarus Line Must Die,” directed by Michael Grodner in his feature debut.
The story follows Joe Cardamone, infamous frontman of post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, in a black-and-white Jim Jarmusch-esque light thriller, as he navigates Los Angeles, haunted by an anonymous texter threatening to kill him. Based on Cardamone’s real life as a musician and producer, the film illuminates the lives of the artists who’ve been slogging in the clubs, trying to do the impossible — get signed to a major label — even as they lament that they need the majors in the first place. It’s an age-old story about the corruptibility of art under capitalism.
What sets Grodner’s story apart is its intense focus on specific people in the scene who are emblematic...
The story follows Joe Cardamone, infamous frontman of post-hardcore band The Icarus Line, in a black-and-white Jim Jarmusch-esque light thriller, as he navigates Los Angeles, haunted by an anonymous texter threatening to kill him. Based on Cardamone’s real life as a musician and producer, the film illuminates the lives of the artists who’ve been slogging in the clubs, trying to do the impossible — get signed to a major label — even as they lament that they need the majors in the first place. It’s an age-old story about the corruptibility of art under capitalism.
What sets Grodner’s story apart is its intense focus on specific people in the scene who are emblematic...
- 6/21/2018
- by April Wolfe
- The Wrap
By Zachary Swickey
Pomona, California - Before Crosses took the stage at Pomona’s famous Glass House music venue – the air was already thick with anticipation and the crowd’s energy was wildly high well before the show even began. As the six band members slowly crept onstage with three illuminated Crosses as their backdrop, Chino Moreno, lead singer of the Deftones, grabbed the mic – rockin’ a black leather jacket with hood draped – the crowed went hysterical. (At this point, Moreno is essentially a legend in the California music scene and very well-respected by his musical peers).
The crowd certainly wasn't complaining when the band kicked things off with the subdued, dreamy “Thholyghost.” Fans hung on Moreno's every word – singing along with him (something that continued for the majority of the show). Next up was “This Is A Trick,” which is without a doubt one of Crosses strongest songs. Moreno...
Pomona, California - Before Crosses took the stage at Pomona’s famous Glass House music venue – the air was already thick with anticipation and the crowd’s energy was wildly high well before the show even began. As the six band members slowly crept onstage with three illuminated Crosses as their backdrop, Chino Moreno, lead singer of the Deftones, grabbed the mic – rockin’ a black leather jacket with hood draped – the crowed went hysterical. (At this point, Moreno is essentially a legend in the California music scene and very well-respected by his musical peers).
The crowd certainly wasn't complaining when the band kicked things off with the subdued, dreamy “Thholyghost.” Fans hung on Moreno's every word – singing along with him (something that continued for the majority of the show). Next up was “This Is A Trick,” which is without a doubt one of Crosses strongest songs. Moreno...
- 2/1/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
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