Let's take a look back at Come Play, one of 2020's most intriguing horror releases, which puts smartphones at the center of the horror to great effect.
With the exception of a few strong sequences in the scare department, it’s an inconsistent, flat film that is too often reliant on jump scares instead of atmosphere. Come Play is unwilling to really dig into its darkest ideas about how parents can otherize their own children through overprotection and lack of understanding.
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Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: PG-13
Package Includes: Blu-ray, Digital Copy
Case Type: Blu-ray keepcase with slipcover
Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
MSRP: $34.98
Oliver (Azhy Robertson,
Marriage Story) is a young boy with autism who relies on his smart phone not only to take solitude in episodes of
SpongeBob SquarePants, but to communicate with his parents (Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher, Jr.), his teacher, classmates, and speech therapist. Late one night, an e-book mysteriously appears on his phone,
Misunderstood Monsters: A Children’s Story, about a creature named Larry who just wants a friend. But this is no ordinary e-book – Larry is a real creature living in the digital realm, wanting out into the real world to be friends with Oliver, moving through the real world by sucking power from light bulbs and other electrical devices. Oliver’s parents at first think it is Oliver’s way of acting out over their separation, but as Larry co