Bodycam Trailer Turns Police Footage into Found Footage Nightmare on Shudder
The trailer for Bodycam has officially been released, and if your idea of comfort viewing is watching increasingly cursed police footage spiral into supernatural chaos, then congratulations, Shudder has cooked up something specifically designed to make you stare at your screen and mutter, “Nope, absolutely not.”
Told entirely from the perspective of police body cameras, the upcoming found footage horror thriller is set to stream on March 13 via Shudder and AMC+, and the trailer suggests something that feels like a feature-length V/H/S segment that accidentally escaped containment and decided to ruin everyone’s night.
And we mean that as a compliment.
What Bodycam Is About (And Why It Looks Deeply Stressful)
At its core, Bodycam follows two police officers responding to what should be a routine domestic dispute. Naturally, because this is a horror film, things escalate very quickly into tragedy. Instead of reporting the incident properly, the officers attempt to cover up what happened, fearing public backlash and professional ruin.
Unfortunately for them, their body cameras are not the only things recording events.
Which is the exact moment the trailer shifts from tense procedural drama into full-blown mind-bending horror, with strange glitches, unseen presences, and the creeping suggestion that something is watching the watchers. It is a clever twist on the found footage formula, swapping handheld camcorders and shaky phones for official police tech that is supposed to document reality… only to capture something very unreal instead.
Bodycam and the Evolution of Found Footage Horror
Let’s be honest, found footage horror has been haunting the genre ever since The Blair Witch Project convinced audiences that a map and some sticks could emotionally destroy an entire cinema audience. Since then, the format has evolved through everything from paranormal investigations to haunted Zoom calls.
What makes Bodycam interesting is its format. Body camera footage is rarely used as the primary storytelling device in horror, which instantly gives it a fresh angle compared to the usual camcorder chaos or documentary-style setups.
In many ways, it feels like the natural next step for the subgenre. Found footage has already explored news broadcasts, VHS tapes, webcams, and security cameras, so police bodycams were always going to be the next logical nightmare delivery system.
And yes, the trailer absolutely leans into that “this looks like a lost V/H/S segment” vibe, which is hardly a bad thing. The V/H/S series has built a reputation on short-form found footage terror, often using unique visual formats to make the horror feel more immersive and unpredictable. Bodycam appears to stretch that same concept across a full runtime, which could either be brilliantly claustrophobic or emotionally exhausting in the best possible horror way.
The Filmmaker Behind the Madness
Bodycam is directed by Brandon Christensen, who co-wrote the script with his brother Ryan Christensen. Genre fans will already recognise the name, as Brandon Christensen has previously helmed horror titles including Z, Superhost, and Night of the Reaper. That track record suggests a filmmaker who is no stranger to blending psychological tension with supernatural unease, which fits the trailer’s tone perfectly.
The film stars Jaime Callica, Sean Rogerson (of Grave Encounters fame, meaning he already knows how to suffer on camera in a found footage setting), Catherine Lough Haggquist, Angel Prater, and Keegan Connor Tracy, whose genre credentials include Final Destination 2. In other words, a cast that understands horror rules and will almost certainly ignore all of them when things get terrifying, as tradition demands.
Production duties are shared by Christensen, Chris Ball, and Kurtis David Harder, with Kerry Cooper, Ty Sivertsen, Andy Thompson, James Norrie, and Nina Kolokouri serving as executive producers.
Festival Buzz and Shudder’s Growing Found Footage Library
Before landing on Shudder, Bodycam screened at genre events including Popcorn Frights Film Festival and the Nightmares Film Festival, quietly building interest among horror fans who are always on the lookout for the next clever twist on the format.
Its release also fits neatly into Shudder’s ongoing strategy of backing distinctive horror projects that might be a bit too weird, too niche, or too unsettling for mainstream theatrical runs. Alongside other premieres and original content, Bodycam joins a platform that has increasingly become a haven for found footage enthusiasts who enjoy their horror immersive, experimental, and slightly unhinged.
A Found Footage Film That Knows the Camera Is Always Watching
If the trailer is anything to go by, Bodycam understands one of the core fears that make found footage horror work so well: the idea that the camera is not just recording events, but witnessing something it was never meant to see.
By using police bodycams as the narrative lens, the film taps into modern anxieties about surveillance, accountability, and truth, then flips them into something far more sinister. Because it is one thing to review footage of a crime scene. It is another thing entirely when the footage starts suggesting an unseen presence lurking just outside the frame.
And if horror history has taught us anything, it is this: whenever a character says, “We’ve got it all on camera,” things are about to get significantly worse.
