Polaroid (2018)

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:

Madelaine Petsch, Javier Botet, Mitch Pileggi

Cast

Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter:
Madelaine Petsch	...	Joanne Flame
Kathryn Prescott	...	Bird Fitcher
Javier Botet	...	Entity
Grace Zabriskie
Mitch Pileggi
Keenan Tracey
Katie Stevens	...	Avery
Shauna MacDonald	...	Kim Fitcher
Samantha Logan	...	Kasey
Tyler Young	...	Connor Bell
Davi Santos	...	Tyler
Priscilla Quintana	...	Mina
Erika Prevost	...	Linda
Ned the Dog	...	Bird's Dog
Riley Raymer	...	Nurse #2

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:

based on short film | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Horror

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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

Country:

Canada Norway USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Morte Instantânea

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

Mitch Pileggi has had a long and successful career playing characters on tv shows who dabble in the supernatural and paranormal realm. Most notably he has played AD Skinner on the acclaimed series The X-Files.

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Goofs

The Polaroid camera being used is an SX-70, which does not have a flash build 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.