Record-breaking Blumhouse horror flop celebrates streaming success on Netflix

Blumhouse ventured into science fiction horror M3GANa dark comedy about sentient AI. The studio followed suit WORRIED However, the film failed at the box office and marked a record low for Blumhouse in almost a decade.

The year 2024 marked a new low for Blumhouse Productions with the release of WORRIEDa sci-fi horror about intelligent AI taking over domestic life. The film is similar to Blumhouse’s M3GAN but without the black humor and satire; M3GAN However, it was far more successful at the box office. WORRIED was a resounding flop that barely made its $12 million budget. The film was also largely designed to repeat tired tropes with a predictable narrative. Fortunately, WORRIED is gaining new momentum following its November debut on Netflix (according to Screen Rant), ranks high on the streamer’s weekly top ten list.

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WORRIED ranked 5th in Netflix’s top 10overtaken by Our little secret, Banned, The merry gentlemenAnd The Snow Sister. WORRIED After its theatrical release, which was overshadowed by blockbusters, it found a new audience Catch, Alien: RomulusAnd Deadpool and Wolverine; WORRIED is now competing with Netflix’s Christmas offerings. The film faces stiff competition when it premieres on Netflix next week Submissivenessanother sci-fi thriller about self-aware AI. With Megan Fox and Michele Morrone, Submissiveness lasts WORRIEDExploring more mature themes improves the premise even further.

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WORRIED features an ensemble cast led by John Cho (Seek), Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant), Keith Carradine (Fargo), Lukita Maxwell (shrinkage) and David Dasmalchian (Late Night with the Devil). Cho and Waterston play Curtis and Meredith, a couple who have upgraded their home system with a digital assistant called AIA, voiced by Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms). The AI ​​program is designed to handle everyday, routine and essential home errands. Meredith is initially suspicious of AIA’s presence, but then becomes familiar with the benefits of having an all-knowing digital butler in the house. Her ordeal begins when AIA develops his own will and motivations.

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said director Chris Weitz WORRIED was inspired by Invasion of the Body Snatchers. In an interview with Novastream, he compared AIA to a parasite looking for a host. “You want a villain that you can actually see and not just feel,” he explained. “And I think what I compare it to is kind of like that Invasion of the Body Snatchersthe Philip Kaufman version, which is amazing… That’s what I say When an AI becomes truly sentient, what it wants most is a body, but can’t have one. However, it can use people as puppets, so to speak. That’s the real danger.”

WORRIED joins the long list of science fiction stories that warn about the emerging AI. As opposed to The Creator‘s portrayal of AI as a benevolent being, WORRIED is on the side of Stanley Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, Weitz said AIA is more insidious than Kubrick’s HAL. “Unlike say HAL, who is a very cold, calculated and aloof figure, (AIA) will be friendly… To me, AIA is like a personified version of the entire Internet… The opinion it has formed about humanity is …”an inaccurate statement because it is seen far, far too often.”

WORRIED is now streaming on Netflix.

Source: Screen Rant

Worried

director

Chris Weitz

Release date

August 30, 2024

Pour

John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Greg Hill, Riki Lindhome, Lukita Maxwell, Keith Carradine, Havana Rose Liu, Ben Youcef

writer

Chris Weitz

Duration

123 minutes

Main genre

Science fiction

Character(s)

Curtis

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