Film

14 Cameras

Name: 14 Cameras
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2018
Cast: Zach Dulin, Kodi Lane, Neville Archambault, Chelsea Edmundson, Lora Martinez-Cunningham

A claustrophobic home-invasion thriller about a family unknowingly being filmed in their rented vacation house by a voyeuristic owner. Shot almost entirely from the killer's surveillance feeds, it trades jump scares for mounting dread and violation. Effective if you're comfortable with uncomfortable—it does what it sets out to do without apology.

TMDb rating

2.5

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