{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fedaf16d8-9282-4252-85cb-3a912c930e0f","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Dark Discussions Podcast \u2013 Episode 454 \u2013 BODY CAM (2020)","description":"\nThe new film, BODY CAM (2020), was oddly released only weeks earlier than the unrest that has hit the United States.\u00a0 The film functions as a commentary on illegal behavior by police officers after an arrest goes unfortunately wrong.\u00a0 The movie follows the ghost story scenario that became somewhat standard with THE CHANGLING (1980).\u00a0 The movie asks the basic question\u00a0 \u201cIs the ghost really malevolent or is it trying to tell those it haunts something?\u201d\n\n\n\nRenee (played by Mary J. Blige) is a police officer in a small city in Louisiana.\u00a0 She recently is reinstated after having been suspended for breaking police procedure.\u00a0 When a fellow officer is gruesomely murdered during what was a routine traffic stop, she begins to follow puzzle pieces that lead to the prior death of a young black youth.\u00a0 Soon her discoveries may put her in danger from what may be a supernatural presence.\n\n\n\nThe movie is receiving mixed reviews though its Rottentomato score usually is solid for independent horror/thriller films.\u00a0 Nicholas McCarthy, writer and director of such films as THE PACT (2012) and THE PRODIGY (2019), is the screenwriter for this film that is directed by newcomer Malik Vitthal.\u00a0 Dark Discussions takes a look at this movie and gives their thoughts.\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/56af707f-1935-4978-81be-f619ffedf1d7/mast-episode454.jpg"}