High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end.
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Polaroid is styled in the vein of The Ring and Final Destination and centers on a high school loner, Bird Fitcher, who stumbles upon a vintage Polaroid camera. Bird soon learns that the camera houses a terrible secret: whoever has their picture taken by it meets a tragic and violent end. The girl and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Kathryn Prescott | - | Bird Fitcher |
 | Tyler Young | - | Connor Bell |
 | Samantha Logan | - | Kasey |
 | Keenan Tracey | - | Devin |
 | Priscilla Quintana | - | Mina |
 | Javier Botet | - | The Entity |
 | Mitch Pileggi | - | Sheriff Pembroke |
 | Davi Santos | - | Tyler |
 | Katie Stevens | - | Avery |
 | Grace Zabriskie | - | Lena Sable |
 | Madelaine Petsch | - | Sarah |
 | Erika Prevost | - | Linda |
 | Shauna MacDonald | - | Bird's Mother |
 | Rhys Bevan-John | - | Roland Joseph Sable |
| Emily Power | - | Rebecca Sable |
The film was initially going to be released during the summertime on August 25, 2017, but it was pushed to December 1, 2017. Dimension Films then opted for a release date in time for Thanksgiving, debuting on November 22, 2017. Finally, three weeks before the release, Lantern Entertainment (previously known as The Weinstein Company)/Dimension Films put the movie on hold indefinitely due to the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
This film is based on Lars Klevberg's short film Polaroid (2015).
The camera used in the movie is a Polaroid SX-70. Whenever it is used in the trailer, the distinctive sound of a charging flashgun is heard, followed by a pop and visible flash when the picture is taken. However, the SX-70 has no flash built in and there is no flash attachment fitted to the camera.
The plot of the film is nearly identical to an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), titled "The Tale of the Curious Camera."
The movie was filmed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada, at the Prince Andrew High School.
Additional photography was filmed in Los Angeles in June of 2017, weeks before the original release date. The movie was then shelved indefinitely.
Mitch Pileggi had a long and successful career playing characters on television shows who dabble in the supernatural and paranormal realm. Most notably, he played Walter Skinner on the acclaimed series The X-Files (1993).
Mitch Pileggi played Sam and Dean Winchester's maternal grandfather on several episodes of Supernatural (2019), a television show that also involves supernatural phenomena.
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