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Polaroid

Polaroid

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2019

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. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.

Movie details

Polaroid

“Beware this camera... Once you take it, it takes you.”

2019 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 28m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

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. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lars Klevberg

Written by

Blair Butler

Kathryn Prescott

Kathryn Prescott

Bird Fitcher

Tyler Young

Tyler Young

Connor Bell

Keenan Tracey

Keenan Tracey

Devin Lane

Samantha Logan

Samantha Logan

Kasey Walters

Priscilla Quintana

Priscilla Quintana

Mina Rodriguez

Javier Botet

Javier Botet

The Entity

Mitch Pileggi

Mitch Pileggi

Sheriff Thomas Pembroke

Court is in session

Put Polaroid on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.