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 have their picture taken with it, soon die.

Director:

Lars Klevberg

Writers:

Blair Butler (screenplay by), Lars Klevberg (original screenplay "Polaroid")

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 | teenage girl | female photographer | female protagonist | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | 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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Pentax camera she's using isn't a telephoto, but the digital cut punches in far more than it should.

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Goofs

At roughly 41:45, the protagonist is removing a vent cover on a door and there's a closeup of her removing one of the screws. This must be a reversed print as she's unscrewing it clockwise, which would normally tighten a screw. It could be argued that it's a left-hand thread but there's absolutely no reason for a basic screw on a vent to be a left-hand thread.

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Connections

Remake of Polaroid (2015)

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Soundtracks

When The River Bends
Performed by Jesse MacLeod
Written by Jesse MacLeod
Courtesy of Music Supervisor Inc.

User Reviews

A Generic Endeavour for A Horror Buff

"Polaroid" is an arguably good-looking, all-the-clichés-rehashing mainstream paranormal horror flick, which offers some entertainment and cheap teen scares.

For my 930th horror film "Polaroid" makes a painfully average entry in the list. The good things here are as follows: decent acting, alright characters, some okay scare sequences, itsy bitsy twisty plot etc., etc. But, the good things become not-so-good things when You've seen them a hundred times before. The characters and the plot come from an uninspired, unoriginal script, it's quite predictable and the twists have little to no impact. The scares are disappointingly whack, except for two or three creative sequences. It's just... not a wholesome movie at all. The concept itself is cool & there's potential in it, but the writer chose to give in to all the Hollywood-ish ways instead of trying to stand out. The cinematography's cold and smokey, not a lot of complaints there. What else... The original score is there and it works, but it's as uninspirined as the plot.

Objectivily, it's definitely a 5/10, subjectively I'd want to give it less. I do recommend this to anyone who's not calling himself a horror fan & to all the teens that need a late night light horror flick, "Polaroid" makes a decent pg-13 rated horror. All in all, a disappointing expierence. I hope Lars Klevberg does a better job on "Child's Play", I really do.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Japan]

Country:

USA Norway Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Polaroid

Filming Locations:

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,772,204

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, BenderSpink, Eldorado Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1