Forget shaky hand-held camcorders. The found-footage horror genre is officially getting a wide-angle, motion-activated upgrade. Streaming platform BloodStream has announced the exclusive premiere of Tenebris. It is a high-concept indie feature landing on the service August 18.
Framed entirely through the static, fisheye view of a smart doorbell camera, the film updates the timeless voyeurism for an era in which everyone’s front porch is broadcast in HD—all with a found-footage feel.
Death Recorded in High Definition
The nightmare kicks off when a grieving man returns to his childhood home to handle his late mother’s estate. While sorting through digital files, he stumbles across saved Ring camera footage documenting a ghastly murder in the neighborhood. What starts as a disturbed fascination quickly morphs into an obsession. A man spends sleepless nights scrubbing through archived video clips. As he pieces together the timeline, the static, wide-angle lens reveals that the killer isn’t finished. The threat is creeping directly toward his front step.
The Creative Minds Operating the Camera
Co-written, co-directed, and starring the filmmaking duo Miguel Jaime and Ricky Martinez, Tenebris relies on spatial constraints to squeeze maximum suspense from an unassuming suburban doorway.
The project features an ensemble cast including Andrew Golucki, Tito Medrano, Kyle Hurley, and Veronica Johns.
Subscribers looking for a fresh spin on home-invasion paranoia can lock their doors and tune in when Tenebris drops exclusively on BloodStream on August 18.
