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Camera Obscura

Play trailer 1:32 Poster for Camera Obscura Released Jun 9, 2017 1h 35m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Jack Zeller is an intelligent, solitary man who continues to struggle with the horrors he witnessed as a war photographer. He receives a strange camera as an anniversary gift. As he develops the film, Jack realizes that the images show imminent deaths in the locations he photographed. As one horrific scene after another comes true, Jack is left with an enormous moral dilemma that challenges his already fragile sanity.
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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Camera Obscura squanders its intriguing premise with a ham-fisted execution. Jun 14, 2017 Full Review Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com None of this makes sense. Rated: 1/4 Jun 9, 2017 Full Review Michael Nordine indieWire Though born of an inventive idea, "Camera Obscura" comes out underdeveloped. Rated: C Jun 8, 2017 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Mostly pays off its ambiguous and psychological premise but feels unsure of itself, keeping itself too vague to its own detriment...there's nothing the film really does wrong, so if the concept sounds interesting, you're sure to enjoy it. Rated: 3/5 Feb 6, 2021 Full Review Joey Keogh Wicked Horror There are enjoyable moments scattered throughout... But, for the most part, Camera Obscura falls kind of flat. Rated: 5/10 Oct 7, 2019 Full Review Dominic Griffin Spectrum Culture Camera Obscura is the rare horror film that fails with style. Rated: 2/5 Jul 17, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cristian s Dentro de todo me gustó, tiene buen ritmo y en todo momento juega con eso de no saber si realmente está pasando o el protagonista está descendiendo a la locura. Los problemas principales sería que tiene un par de incoherencias en la historia y cosas que nunca se explican del todo bien a la vez que el final parece hasta hecho sin ganas, medio que no sabían cómo terminarla y le mandaron así nomás. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Sought this out after seeing Pale Door and it was pretty good as well! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I had to muscle my way through this one with a few glasses of wine. Ooof, Camera Obscura feels extemporaneous and completely lacking in direction from Koontz. The idea isn't bad, but I couldn't care less for anybody in the film and yeah...its just a mess. Definitely one of the worst films I've ever seen. I give it a half star for a great poster. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Story copied from one of the Goosebump novels along with a terrible performing cast, makes a forgetting movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Crap. Plenty of gratuitous violence, and a few brief flashes of naked knockers, but overall ...crap. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Makes little sense, unnecessary slashing as the "plot" is impossible to follow. Don't waste your time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jack Zeller is an intelligent, solitary man who continues to struggle with the horrors he witnessed as a war photographer. He receives a strange camera as an anniversary gift. As he develops the film, Jack realizes that the images show imminent deaths in the locations he photographed. As one horrific scene after another comes true, Jack is left with an enormous moral dilemma that challenges his already fragile sanity.
Director
Aaron B. Koontz
Producer
Andrew van den Houten, Amir Zbeda, Aaron B. Koontz
Screenwriter
Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns
Distributor
Chiller Films
Production Co
Hood River Entertainment, Paper Street Pictures, Chiller Films
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 9, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 35m
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