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
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
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
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
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
Entertainment One has debuted the teaser 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).
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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 – Thor isn’t the only one worthy in teaser trailer for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
The movie hits cinemas on June 3rd and Digital Download on June 6th.
The post Teaser trailer dropped for ‘Dashcam’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 4/20/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"You should go see if she's alive." Momentum Pictures has revealed a teaser trailer for this totally crazy new horror film titled 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, and Seylan Baxter as Seylan. The horror film received completely polarizing reviews at TIFF - some hated it, and some loved it, but it gets so full-on insane in the second half it's worth seeing just for that "holy shit!" experience.
- 4/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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
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
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