Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- unsettling
- dreamy
- late night horror viewing
- technology themed double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film smart, suspenseful, and thematically rich, with Madeline Brewer's lead performance anchoring its unsettling exploration of online identity.
What sets it apart
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Alice's cam account and online persona are hijacked by a doppelganger that impersonates her and threatens her livelihood.
Alice's work as an erotic webcam performer makes attention, sexual performance, and audience approval central sources of power and vulnerability.
The film repeatedly depicts webcam performance, social-media activity, scrolling, and screens within screens as sources of suspense.
The hijacked channel, escalating online performances, and inexplicable doppelganger create paranoia rooted in everyday internet use.
Films like Cam, and why
Unfriended
shares psychological horror, digital identity anxiety, and unsettling online technology
Searching
shares techno-thriller suspense, layered identity themes, and internet-mediated paranoia
Mulholland Drive
shares surreal psychological horror, unstable personas, and Lynchian dreamlike unease
The Den
shares social-media anxiety, screen-based storytelling, and contemporary paranoia
Movie Details
- Director
- Daniel Goldhaber
- Release Date
- 2018-10-01
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (1618)
Cast
- Madeline Brewer
- Patch Darragh
- Melora Walters
- Devin Druid
- Imani Hakim
- Michael Dempsey
- Flora Diaz
- Samantha Robinson
- Jessica Parker Kennedy
- Quei Tann
Common questions
- What is Cam about?
- An erotic webcam performer battles a sinister digital double that steals her audience, persona, and control over her own life.
- What is Cam like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cam as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Cam violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Cam as mild.
- What did critics think of Cam?
- Critics broadly found the film smart, suspenseful, and thematically rich, with Madeline Brewer's lead performance anchoring its unsettling exploration of online identity.
- Which films are like Cam?
- Films with a similar feel include Unfriended, Searching, Mulholland Drive, and The Den.
- How long is Cam?
- Cam runs 95 minutes.
