Since The Blair Witch Project made the format popular, practically every other horror movie that hits our screens is a found footage movie. It’s an ingenious device, much like the epistolary novels that gave Dracula its form — but rarely is it used in the form of body camera footage. That’s all about to change with Bodycam, Shudder’s newest film hitting the streamer next month, which just dropped an eerie new trailer.
Directed by Night of the Reaper helmer Brandon Christensen, who co-wrote the film with his brother Ryan, Bodycam stars Jaime Callica, Sean Rogerson, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Angel Prater, and Keegan Connor Tracy. The found footage film’s synopsis is as follows:
When two police officers show up to investigate a domestic dispute, a startling escalation leads to a tragic accident. Not wanting to be crucified by the public, the officers attempt to cover it up – only to reveal that their body cameras aren't the only things watching them.
Bodycam is Christensen’s sixth full-length film, having also directed horror projects like Night of the Reaper, Z, and Shudder’s Superhost. The film previously played at last year’s Popcorn Frights Film Festival and Gateway Film Center’s Nightmares Film Festival before landing at Shudder. The film is produced by Kerry Cooper, Ty Sivertsen, Andy Thompson, James Norrie, Nina Kolokouri, Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder, and Christensen.
Bodycam is one of two major premieres coming to Shudder next month, alongside the film adaptation of The Mortuary Assistant, starring Willa Holland. Also coming to the streamer is 1000 Women in Horror, a deep dive into how female pioneers revolutionized horror cinema, and new episodes of The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs.
Bodycam premieres on Shudder on March 13.
