Safer at Home Review: Friends Don t Let Friends Take Molly on Zoom
A video-chat party during shutdown goes south in this dull, implausible thriller.
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Running time: Running time: 85 MIN.
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One of the sleeper hits of the shutdown last year was Rob Savage’s British horror “Host,” a very short (just under an hour) and sweetly scary tale of friends whose weekly Zoom call during COVID quarantine gets crashed by an unwelcome supernatural visitor. It was, however, bound to be the exception which proved a preexisting rule: that found-footage thrillers remain a tapped-out genre, no matter if one in every 20 or so manages to squeeze some new life from the form.
New Movies to Watch This Week: Tom & Jerry, Cherry, Crisis and Apple s Billie Eilish Doc
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This week brings more theatrical releases than American audiences have gotten in ages and possibly more than they’re ready for now, as vaccine rollouts still leave people questioning whether it’s safe to do things like go to the movies.
Some, such as Warner Bros.’ “Tom & Jerry,” can also be viewed via streaming (the cat-and-mouse movie, which features the animated duo destroying a live-action New York cityscape) for HBO Max subscribers. Others including Anthony Hopkins-starrer “The Father” (a subjective look at the impact of dementia on an elderly man) and the aptly named Armie Hammer movie “Crisis” will be coming to VOD shortly, but are opening today only in cinemas.
SAFER AT HOME Interview: Director Will Wernick On Shooting During The Pandemic, Technical Challenges, And More
We recently sat down with
Safer at Home writer and director Will Wernick to get his thoughts on making a movie during the pandemic, whether the property is one with franchise potential, and more.
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2/25/2021
Filed Under: Horror
Safter at Home is set two years into the pandemic, and follows a group of friends who throw an online party with a night of games, drinking and drugs. After taking an ecstasy pill, things go terribly wrong and the safety of their home becomes more terrifying than the raging chaos outside.
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Safer at Home is set to be released in Select Theaters, VOD & Digital on February 26, but does this movie - shot during the COVID-19 pandemic - make good use of its premise? Find our verdict right here.