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| Title: | Afraid |
| Directed by: | Chris Weitz |
| Written by: | Chris Weitz |
| Produced by: | Jason Blum; Chris Weitz; Beatriz Sequeira; Dan Balgoyen; Paul O. Davis; Britta Rowlings; Andrew Miano; Jennifer Scudder Trent; James Moran |
| Music by: | Alex Weston |
| Cinematography: | Javier Aguirresarobe |
| Edited by: | Timothy Alverson; Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
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| Production: | Columbia Pictures Blumhouse Productions TSG Entertainment Depth of Field |
| Distributors: | Columbia Pictures |
| Released: | August 30th, 2024 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 84 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Afraid is an American feature film that blends elements of science fiction with horror. It was written and directed by Chris Weitz and produced by Depth of Field along with Blumhouse Productions in association with TSG Entertainment. It was distributed through Columbia Pictures and premiered in France on August 28th, 2024. It opened in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom on August 30th, 2024. The premise of the film involves a digital assistant called AIA, which is purchased by a man named Curtis and his family. In the era of artificial intelligence, its no surprise that AIA decides to take some liberties with her programming.
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Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| John Cho | Curtis |
| Katherine Waterston | Meredith |
| Keith Carradine | Marcus |
| Havana Rose Liu | Melody/AIA |
| Lukita Maxwell | Iris |
| Ashley Romans | Sam |
| David Dastmalchian | Lightning |
| Wyatt Lindner | Preston |
| Isaac Bae | Cal |
| Bennett Curran | Sawyer |
| Greg Hill | Henry/RV man |
| Riki Lindhome | Maud/RV woman |
| Ashton Essex Bright | Jackson |
| Mason Shea Joyce | Eli |
| River Drosche | Kaden |
| Todd Waring | Papa |
| Simon Craig Raynes | Johnny |
| Rogelio Douglas, III | Young man |
| Zeke Alton | Paramedic |
| Pam Cook | Lady |
| Ben Youcef | Ben |
| Louis De La Costa | Samuel |
| James Mitchell-Clyde | SWAT team leader |
| Vaughndio Forbes | SWAT member #2 |
| Maya Manko | Aimee |
| J.D. Garcia | Masked figure #1 |
| Dustin Stern-Garcia | Masked figure #2 |
| Jimmy Galeota | Jimmy |
| Rachael Hip Flores | Original AIA voice |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "Meet AIA. She's here to help". Another tagline is "Be careful what you let in".
- The logo on the poster shows the second A and the letter I stylized in italics, and colored red, so that the "A.I." (artificial intelligence) aspect is distinguished.
- There are thirty credited cast members in this film. Twenty-nine are on-screen actors and one voice actor.
- Principal shooting on Afraid began in December, 2022.
- Afraid was released on Blu-ray with Digital HD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on November 5th, 2024.
- On the Internet Movie Database, Afraid has a Starmeter rating of 5.2 out of 10 based on more than 97,000 user votes.
- On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Afraid has a Tomatometer score of 22% based of fifty-five approved critic reviews. It has 12 positive reviews and 43 negative reviews, averaging 3.90 out of 10. The Popcornmeter has a 51% score based on more than 250 verified user ratings, averaging 3.90 out of 10.
- On Metacritic, Afraid has a Metascore of 28 out of 100 based on fifteen reviews, indicating generally unfavorable reviews. It has 1 positive review, 7 negative reviews and 7 mixed reviews. The movie has a User Score of 4.2 out of 5 based on 33 user ratings.
- On Letterboxd, this film has a weighted average of 1.86 based on 30,644 user ratings.
- Director Chris Weitz is also known for directing Twilight: New Moon. Make of that what you will.
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Artificial intelligence | Automobile accident | Baseball bat | Computer | High school | Jump scares | Recreational vehicle | Shot in the head | Student | SWAT