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Long-delayed “POLAROID,” from new “CHILD’S PLAY” director, finally has a date and a trailer

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Originally set for release two years ago by Dimension Films and orphaned by the Weinstein scandal, the supernatural chiller POLAROID is at last seeing release next month. Read on for the info and the trailer.

Vertical Entertainment will release POLAROID to select theaters and VOD September 17. Directed by Lars Klevberg (CHILD’S PLAY 2019) from a script by Blair Butler (based on Klevberg’s short film of the same title), the movie stars Kathryn Prescott, Tyler Young, Samantha Logan, Keenan Tracey, Priscilla Quintana, Grace Zabriskie (TWIN PEAKS), Mitch Pileggi (THE X FILES) and Javier Botet (MAMA, CRIMSON PEAK, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK). The synopsis: “A high school loner, Bird Fitcher [Prescott], 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.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).