Having moved into a new apartment about a year before the coronavirus crisis unfolded in early 2020, Savage had begun hearing weird sounds and creaking footsteps coming from the attic above his bedroom, the only place he didn’t have immediate access to. But this capitalizing on the crisis came about - at least initially - entirely by creative accident, and via a route that may well end up in horror filmmaking folklore. “It’s just me and the billionaires,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. Previously best known for the microbudget feature Strings, which he wrote and directed at 17 years old and which won the Raindance Award at the 2012 British Independent Film Awards, Savage admits that he’s become something of a “pandemic profiteer.” A (slightly) more traditionally made found-footage genre feature, although one still set during lockdown, Dashcam follows two friends on what is described as a “fucked-up horror road trip as they live-stream the most terrifying night of their lives.” It’s also the first film from a three-picture deal Savage signed with Blumhouse in the wake of Host ’s success. premiere of his follow-up, Dashcam, which had its world premiere in Toronto last month.

Netflix Reveals Release Date for Clinton-Produced Doc 'In Her Hands'Īnd while Host continues to attract fans (it’s a film “best viewed at home on your laptop,” claims Savage), its 29-year-old director is now preparing for the BFI London Film Festival’s U.K.

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