
Cops don't tend to do well in horror movies. When a rampaging killer is on the loose, the police officer with his gun and badge is a symbol of order that will be violently toppled, just to show the sheer horrifying power of the villain. Think of Scream's often-stabbed Deputy Dewey Riley, or his slain protégé Sheriff Judy Hicks in Scream 5, or The Wicker Man's Sergeant Neil Howie, who was ultimately set ablaze by the community he came to protect.
So, out of the gate, you can predict that the officers at the center of Shudder's Bodycam are going to have a rough night shift ahead of them. Not only are they cops in a horror movie, but also they're cops in a found-footage horror movie, a subgenre known for a very low survival rate. Yes, as you might have deduced, this movie is shot almost entirely through...

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