Monday, May 13, 2013

Watchusdie.com (2001)

A reality show puts seven girls in a dorm that has 45 cameras and broadcasts 24 hours per day.  The girls must spend a minimum of 12 hours per day in the house and take 3 showers per day.  Losers and teenage boys can subscribe to the live web feed and line the pockets of the producer and girls with cash.

When two girls die in the house, the others wonder the deaths were accidents or if something more sinister is going on. Um, so if there are cameras everywhere, why not check the footage?  No one thinks of it.

After the deaths, producer Manny brings Breanna in join the girls. The housemates aren't happy about their new roommate but Manny says the show is how they make money so shut up.

Some of the subscribers seem to be a little on the gay side, which makes no sense, and there is even an old lady subscriber.  They all root for their favorites and it's kind of creepy.

There are tons of plot holes, including the issue mentioned before where cameras are on 24 hours a day, but no one saw the accidents and the set up of the accidents.

There's also a hilarious scene where one of the girls hears a spooky voice over the computer and to get away from it, she shuts off the monitor. Yeaaaah, that's right. Just the monitor, not the computer. Also Breanna goes into the house to do some undercover work and if often talking into a micro cassette recorder. Yup, nothing suspicious about that.

Also if you think the fact that Breanna knows sign language won't come up again as a key plot point, you'd be seriously mistaken.  This is pretty tough to watch.

Ridiculous Dialogue:

"I wish I could live there. Yeah, work it baby." - said in lifeless monotone by loser subscriber with effeminate voice


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