Web Cam Girls

Entertaining for a Lifetime movie. But, and it's a GIANT BUT, when the cousin puts it all together it just all goes downhill. So disappointing. It really is about time that Lifetime hire some real talent to write scripts!!! For the love!!!! Please! It's cringworthy when you watch it unfold.

This film could have been better, but by the same token it could have been a great deal worse. A high school girl decides to make some money by working as a web cam girl. Soon she is asked by a viewer to meet him in person, an offer she can only refuse, but when big bucks are deposited in her account, how can she say no? She goes to meet him, and is kidnapped.

Is this guy sick, yes, but in a purely commercial way. He holds girls prisoner then tortures and murders them, selling the resulting snuff films on the Dark Web. Snuff films began as an urban legend, then morphed into the real thing. A much milder version can be found in the happy slapping craze of recent years, but there is nothing mild about this film, which is basically a whodunnit and will the good guys get there before the damsel (and her cousin) are murdered? What do you think?

This film begins with a young woman by the name of "Elly" (Taylor Snook) being chained inside a house and forced to work there by an unseen psychopath as punishment for certain actions she committed online which he considers to be immoral. The scene then shifts to a teenage student named "Carolyn" (Lauren Swickyard) who dreams of attending college and, in order to garner the necessary funds, decides to become a web cam girl for a short period of time. And even though her best friend "Alex" (Sedona Legge) tries to convince her to quit, Carolyn dismisses her objections and continues to do so without any real thought about the consequences. That being said, after Elly is murdered attempting to escape, Carolyn becomes quite concerned as she becomes the psychopath's next target--and he seems to know quite a bit about her already. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a fairly entertaining film which benefited, to a certain extent, from having several attractive actresses like Arianne Zucker, Lauren Swickyard, and Sedona Legge. It also had a rather suspenseful ending as well. Admittedly, it suffered somewhat from its made-for-television format but, even so, it was still worth the time spent, and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

Web Cam Girls is a terrifying, fun movie. As a parent of adolescent girls it stokes a certain paranoia regarding what children are up to online. The plot is a little predictable but director Doug Campbell delivers his trademark suspense (Death Clique). Most of the acting was great, especially the two female leads. Lorynn York as the abducted cam girl was excellent, and watching her go from cavalier cam candy to terrified captive was a fun ride. Can't wait to see her in The Boarder. Sedona Legge as her cousin was a nice surprise, and kudos to the film's makeup team for making Sedona look like such a girl next door type (instead of the stunning face of Gucci). All in all a fun, scary movie... hoping Lifetime makes more like this one!

I saw "Web Cam Girls" with a group of friends when it premiered and we all really enjoyed it. I liked it a lot because it's both suspenseful and funny, in a way that reminded me of Alfred Hitchcock. What scares me the most, though, is how relevant this movie is to modern life. Do we really know what our children are doing online? Parents, you better watch your daughters! Because who knows who else is watching YOUR Web Cam Girl??