Stranded in the suburbs, student filmmaker Chloe begins to make a documentary about her family's troubled past. Whilst filming, she and best friend Ed, witness an hysterical girl appearing to escape from a neighbour's house, only to be quickly dragged back inside again. Is she a recovering drug addict like the neighbours say? Or is she really in danger from those who claim to be caring for her?
Direction
Paul McGhie weaponizes mundane British politeness into dread.
Acting
Redford's documentary-host façade cracking is genuinely unnerving.
Practical Effects
Low-budget cult rituals hit harder than glossy Hollywood satanism.
Director
Paul McGhie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Folk horror's 2010s resurgence often relocated ancient evil to commuter towns—Webcast continues this 'cosy catastrophe' tradition of British dread in mundane spaces.
The 'Webcast' title refers to both Chloe's surname and the film's framing as a true-crime upload, implicating algorithm-driven true crime consumption in its final moments.
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