AirBnB
2023 · 10m · USA
Directed by Andrew DeYoung, Ian Faria
Genres: comedy
Tones: darkly comic, humorous, tense
Four friends find hidden surveillance cameras in their Los Angeles Airbnb. One realizes the unflattering things they may have said about everyone else might be on tape.
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DeYoung directs Tim Robinson's show, so the cringe pedigree is real. A premise sharp enough to cut through your last vacation.
Paranoia-comedy whose horror engine is just the things you've said when nobody could hear — DeYoung and Faria apply ITYSL cringe to a Cache-style premise. Cleanly conceived.
Paranoia-comedy whose horror engine is just 'the things you said when you thought nobody could hear' — Simple Town plus Andrew DeYoung is exactly the right collaboration for the bit. Premise is airtight.