Streaming Services: Hulu
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Length: 82 minutes
Rating: R
Production/Distribution: 7930 Entertainment, Showdown Productions, Voltage Pictures, Vertical Entertainment, The Searchers, Front Row Filmed Entertainment
Director: Will Wernick
Writer: Will Wernick, Lia Bozonelis, John Ierardi
Actors: Alisa Allapach, Lia Bozonelis, Adwin Brown, Katie L. Hall, Jocelyn Hudon, Mark Irvingsen, Dan J. Johnson, Michael Kupisk, Emma Lahana, Brandon Morales, Daniel Robaire
Blurb from IMDb: Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw a wild online party. After taking ecstasy, things go terribly wrong and the safety of their homes becomes more terrifying than the raging chaos outside.
Selina’s Point of View:
Safer at Home was not an easy watch. There was absolutely no escapism involved. Instead, it gave a look at a possible future based on what is actually happening.
A huge portion of the cast had
nothing to do but stare at a screen for the majority of their part. It was also
an extreme social commentary, which is not for everyone. Especially not for
anyone who is looking to escape current events for a little while.
It was also
difficult to not compare it to Host (2020) – which was the first film to
take place during the pandemic through use of webcams. They’re very different movies,
of course. One is supernatural, the other is based completely in realism. Still,
when you compare them – Safer at Home does not hold a candle to Host.
Not only that, but even though Host is set during the pandemic, it still
offers some manner of removal from our situation.
Safer
at Home is less a project
of entertainment and more like a creative warning of what we should be trying
to avoid. That’s not what a lot of people are going to be looking for right
now.
That said, I do
predict that people are going to have a very different take on this film when
they watch it in the future. Once COVID-19 is over and we’ve stepped into the
light of whatever the world looks like then, people are going to be more open
to movies set in this time. When they start coming across this one, it going to
get better reviews. I don’t think I can say it will be a cult film, but I do
believe it has the potential to become bigger than it currently is.
Cat’s Point of View:
When you watch movies on a regular basis, you never know when one is going to reach out and rattle you. I certainly didn’t anticipate feeling shook in the wake of the credits for Safer at Home…and yet here we are.
The critics are
tearing into this movie and ripping it to shreds as if someone chummed
shark-infested waters. I don’t get all the hate. Sure, Safer at Home wasn’t the
most amazing thing ever, but it was solid. It just goes to show that you can’t
always go by what all the critics say.
There have been a
few films so far that have embraced this new pandemic world and run with the
concept to bring us a whole new genre of horror and thrills. This follows along
those lines but doesn’t dip into the supernatural the way others have.
The opening of Safer
At Home actually gave me chills.
Cat’s Point of View:
When you watch movies on a regular basis, you never know when one is going to reach out and rattle you. I certainly didn’t anticipate feeling shook in the wake of the credits for Safer at Home…and yet here we are.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 7%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 61%
Metascore – 35/100
Metacritic User Score – None
IMDB Score – 4.6/10
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 3/5
Trust the Dice: Cat’s Rating – 3.5/5
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