Extreme voyeurism was the subject of Victor Zarcoff’s 13 Cameras, a low-budget thriller centering on creepy landlord Gerald (Neville Archambault), who spied on his tenants and often directly intervened in their lives. This sequel directed by Seth Fuller and Scott Hussion expands on the concept, not merely by adding another camera but also needless subplots. Gerald is now an entrepreneur who rents out a baker’s dozen of camera-equipped homes, footage from which he sends out to paying customers on the dark web. He also has his own perverted interests, keeping Claire (Brianne Moncrief), the pregnant housewife from the first movie, imprisoned in an underground chamber, and adding recent tenant Sarah (Chelsea Edmundson). Meanwhile, Gerald also deals with a new family of renters: a couple, their son and daughter, and the latter’s best friend. Much of the movie is given over to boring footage of this family that is enlivened only when one of Gerald’s customers decides to make an unwelcome visit and Gerald must protect them. A thoroughly unnecessary and disappointing sequel, marked by poor writing, slipshod plotting, amateur acting, and flat direction, 14 Cameras ends with the promise—or threat—of yet another installment. Not recommended. (F. Swietek)
14 Cameras
Gravitas Ventures, 88 min., not rated, DVD: $19.99, Sept. 25 Volume 33, Issue 6
14 Cameras
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