Cam
dir. Daniel Goldhaber · 2018
Feature
Psychological Horror
Mood
Tense / Dark
Look
stark, claustrophobic framing with a neon-lit digital glow
Structure
fragmented and disorienting, mirroring the protagonist's unraveling sense of self
Plot
In Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei's paranoid horror thriller "Cam," an erotic webcam performer finds her followers stolen by a doppelganger who hijacks her channel, pushes the sexual envelope further, and otherwise seems determined to destroy her life. Call it identity theft of a possibly supernatural kind.
Why watch
"Cam" is a chilling exploration of identity and self-exposure in the digital age, where a webcam performer's life spirals into chaos as a doppelganger hijacks her online persona. This tense psychological horror film delves into the dark corners of voyeurism and the fragility of self in a hyper-connected world.
Cultural context
the rise of online performance culturethe impact of social media on self-perceptionissues of privacy in the digital agethe commodification of sexuality