Polaroid (2019)

High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end.

Director:

Lars Klevberg

Writer:

Blair Butler (screenplay by)

Stars:

Kathryn Prescott, Tyler Young, Samantha Logan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kathryn Prescott	...	Bird Fitcher
Tyler Young	...	Connor Bell
Samantha Logan	...	Kasey
Keenan Tracey	...	Devin
Priscilla Quintana	...	Mina
Javier Botet	...	The Entity
Mitch Pileggi	...	Sheriff Pembroke
Davi Santos	...	Tyler
Katie Stevens	...	Avery
Grace Zabriskie	...	Lena Sable
Madelaine Petsch	...	Sarah
Erika Prevost	...	Linda
Shauna MacDonald	...	Bird's Mother
Rhys Bevan-John	...	Roland Joseph Sable
Emily Power	...	Rebecca Sable

Storyline

Polaroid is styled in the vein of The Ring and Final Destination and centers on a high school loner, Bird Fitcher, who stumbles upon a vintage Polaroid camera. Bird soon learns that the camera houses a terrible secret: whoever has their picture taken by it meets a tragic and violent end. The girl and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.

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Plot Keywords:

polaroid camera | one word title | polaroid | year 1974 | dead daughter | 

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Taglines:

Beware This Camera...Once You Take It, It Takes You.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, thematic elements, brief strong language, some teen drinking and drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Canada Norway USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 January 2019 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Polaroid

Filming Locations:

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Eldorado Film, Vertigo Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was initially going to be released during the summertime on August 25, 2017, but it was pushed to December 1, 2017. Dimension Films then opted for a release date in time for Thanksgiving, debuting on November 22, 2017. Finally, three weeks before the release, Lantern Entertainment (previously known as The Weinstein Company)/Dimension Films put the movie on hold indefinitely due to the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

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Goofs

The Polaroid camera being used is an SX-70, which does not have a flash built in, nor makes the sound of a flash charging. The location of the flash from the camera on screen is actually a built in light meter on the camera.

User Reviews

How did this get so many good reviews?!

I swear I've already seen this movie... at least 50 times. It's like the writers used a common horror movie tropes manual when writing this. If you've already seen movies about cursed objects that kill off the attractive group of friends one by one then you won't get anything new from this movie. It stays right in the box.