Polaroid (2019)

High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn't take long to discover that those who've their picture taken with it, soon die.

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 (as Rhys Bevan John)
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 | polaroid | year 1974 | dead daughter | undead | 

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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:

17 September 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Polaroid

Filming Locations:

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,495,294

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

Additional photography was filmed in Los Angeles in June of 2017, weeks before the original release date. The movie was then shelved indefinitely.

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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.

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Connections

Featured in Half in the Bag: Child's Play (2019) (2019)

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Soundtracks

Shut Up
Performed by Starhook
Written by Anthony Starble, Brad Hooks
Courtesy of Music Supervisor Inc.

User Reviews

Worth a watch.

Very average. Has the generic majority of horror movie tropes, it's like the director was playing whack-a-mole trying to hit every last one of them. But, it's still somewhat entertaining. It's not overtly bad, it's not anything special or good either, the idea was something that could have been done quite nicely, but it's very clearly Hollywoodian in its design and choices. A fun watch with friends and family or in general to waste time, but definitely not worth the "I'm in the mood for a really good (or scary in this case) movie".