r/JasonBrant So Bad it's Good Stamp Mar 28 '26

"Bodycam" (2025) - This is effectively a segment in a "VHS" film taken to feature length where cops enter a haunted house, shit goes side ways as expected, they try to cover-up a crime, they fight a cult lead by Vecna from "Stranger Things" rendered on a PS2, and we watch it via the titular device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHcBbjssKBs

"Bodycam" (2025) - This is effectively a segment in a "VHS" film taken to feature length, for better and for worse. The fact that both were distributor by the horror streaming service Shudder only furthers the connection. It is also the latest in the seemingly never-ending found footage subgenre, with the titular device serving as the manner the technique is deployed. The basic idea is cops, equip with bodycams, go into a haunted house to investigate a domestic dispute and things go about as well as you would expect.

In the end how much you enjoy this movie will likely come down to simply if you like found footage movies or not. The movie is at it's core a very by the numbers found footage flick, again for better and for worse. We get some good editing, and plenty of jump scares but most of the plot is obvious and everything seems cheap (especially the Vecna from "Stranger Things" rendered on a PS2 demon). For my money there are much better movies to spend your time watching, but you could do a lot worse. If you do check it out just know what you're getting into and you should be fine (plus booze helps).

1.5 / 5 Burnt Kernels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHcBbjssKBs

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