In 2020, Rob Savage and Douglas Cox won over horror fans with “Host,” a film shot entirely during the pandemic about a joke seance during a Zoom call that goes horribly wrong. Now they’re back with “DASHCAM,” a microbudget horror film in the same vein that premiered in the Midnight section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
In an interview with TheWrap, Savage and Cox talked about how “DASHCAM” didn’t have a proper screenplay when filming began, just a story treatment that was fleshed out with input from the film’s cast. The film stars musician Annie Hardy as a libertarian caricature of herself, who runs away to England after complaining about the COVID restrictions in the U.S..
‘DASHCAM’ Filmmakers on Making a Horror Film ‘Backwards From Whatever Cool S- We Can Find’
TIFF 2021: Rob Savage and Douglas Cox put together the story for their microbudget movie right as it was being filmed