Bodycam (2026)

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Bodycam is Shudder’s latest found footage release. As the title suggests, it consists of body camera footage from two police officers who endure a harrowing and gruesome nightmare.

Many found footage movies lack a believable explanation for why their characters keep filming. As my friend Amanda pointed out when we discussed this movie, police bodycams provide a perfect excuse to keep recording regardless of whatever terrifying situation the protagonists are experiencing. I’m surprised that more found footage movies haven’t used this device.

Police officers Bryce Anderson (Sean Rogerson) and Jerome Jackson (Jaime M. Callica) arrive at a run-down home to conduct a routine late night domestic disturbance call. What they find inside is anything but routine. After Bryce makes a deadly mistake that he believes will end his career, he convinces the reluctant Jerome to help him hatch a desperate cover up attempt.

The two visit a shadowy hacker, Espo (Angel Prater), who tries to help them until she realizes that dark supernatural forces are involved. Bryce and Jerome are in the crosshairs of a mysterious figure and legions of his minions who stalk the city streets.

Bodycam makes reference to the cultural and communicative gaps between many police departments and the communities that they’re supposed to serve, but this 75 minute story is too short for any in-depth social commentary.

This is a V/H/S-style movie. It feels much like a spinoff of that series, although there is no official connection. The acting and production values are standard for this type of movie.

This movie works like one of those haunted house amusement park rides, especially in the last half hour. If you’re in the mood to watch spooky people and things jump out at you, you’ll probably enjoy this.

The pacing is fast for the most part. It does slow down for a bit when the cops visit Jerome’s mom, Ally (Catherine Lough Haggquist), who runs a halfway house for drug addicts. But Bodycam never goes more than a few minutes without something spooky popping up on screen.

This is an entertaining ride, but the ending feels overly familiar. The conclusion is similar to countless other found footage movies of recent years. Not to belabor the point, but if you’ve seen the V/H/S movies, the final scenes will feel like deja vu. This movie deserved a fresher ending.

Bodycam is directed by Brandon Christensen, who also made Night of the Reaper (2024) (my review of that film can be found here). I liked Reaper better than Bodycam. The characters were more compelling and the storyline was more intriguing. Still, Bodycam is a respectable effort. It just needed a better ending to be truly special.