Dashcam – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Horror – D
Director: Rob Savage (Host)
Writer: Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd (Screenplay)
Cast
- Annie Hardy
- Angela Enahoro
- Amar Chadha-Patel (The Creator)
- Seylan Baxter (Macbeth)
- James Swanton (Broadcast Signal Intrusion)
- Caroline Ward (Ghosts)
- Jemma Moore (Scare Package II Rad Chad’s Revenge)
Plot: Two friends embark on a horror-fueled road trip and livestream the most terrifying night of their lives.
Runtime: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Dashcam starts when vlogger Annie (Hardy) starts filming her journeys during the pandemic. All as she sets out on a trip from America to England to visit her friend Stretch (Chadha-Patel). However, Annie’s appearance and conspiracy beliefs see her kicked out.
Annie decides to borrow his car to continue her road trip, which ends up seeing her helping a stranger Angela (Enahoro). However, the journey takes an unexpected twist when she gets attacked crazed person, which is only the beginning of her nightmare.
Verdict on Dashcam
Dashcam is a found footage horror movie following an arrogant American disrupting the lives of her English friends. She is a conspiracy theorist who ignores the rules while filming her life for the world to see. However, this time she finds herself drawn into something she can’t explain on a nightmarish journey.
This is a found footage movie that falls into the bracket of how not to make them. It is horrible to watch, with mostly flashing images thrown towards the camera. Add in a truly vile lead character, we are left with a movie which is mostly nothing much. The best place for this movie would be YouTube, because that is the quality of what we see. As a big fan of the found footage subgenre, this is one of the worst additions to the category.
Where to Watch
Final Thoughts – Dashcam is a dreadful mash-up of flashing images and nothing much happening.
