Skip to content

PVT CHAT

Written By:

Joel Harley
pvt chat

Cam girl addict, slacker and online Blackjack bro Jack (Peter Vack) thinks all of his dreams have come true when he spots his favourite web dominatrix in the wild. When he’s not trying to scrape together rent money by playing cards online, Jack spends his days slurping instant noodles from a cup and jerking off to aloof cam girls. Of them all, his favourite is Scarlet (Julia Fox), a dominatrix and would-be artist who Jack spots in real life, at the local convenience store. Voyeurism is all well and good, until you find yourself following a real-life woman down dark alleyways late at night.

But Ben Hozie’s psycho-sexual drama is more than just another sleazy horror film about an obsessive white man and his prey. PVT Chat is a chaotic, bare-all (literally, when it comes to full-frontal male nudity) character study with more in common with Uncut Gems than, say, Open Windows. The film even shares a leading lady with the Safdie Brothers’ celebrated NYC-’em-up, in the magnetic Julia Fox.

What this meandering, rambling film lacks in urgency and pace, it makes up for with considerable atmosphere and commitment to the bit. Both Fox and Vack put in admirable performances as Jack and Scarlet; this tragic, deluded little man as pitiable as he is creepy. It’s Uncut Gems meets Daniel Goldhaber’s Cam. It’s kind of gross, but you won’t be able to take your eyes off of it.

 

Joel Harley

You May Also Like...

russell crowe stars in the exorcism trailer

THE EXORCISM Trailer Stars Russell Crowe As A Haunted Actor

The first trailer for demon possession horror The Exorcism, starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe, has been released… not to be confused with the demon possession horror The Pope’s Exorcist, starring
Read More
jodie comer in the end we start from, to star in 28 years later

Jodie Comer & Aaron Taylor-Johnson Join 28 YEARS LATER

Some of Britain’s finest actors are entering the zombie apocalypse, as Deadline reports that Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes are boarding 28 Years Later. Danny Boyle is directing
Read More
jennifer lopez in atlas trailer

Full Trailer Drops For JLo-Starring Sci-Fi ATLAS

Jennifer Lopez is forced to confront her ambiguous feelings about artificial intelligence in the first official, full-length trailer for Netflix’s science-fiction feature, Atlas.  Per the official synopsis, Atlas follows Atlas Shepherd
Read More
lakeith stanfield to star in and produce film adaptation of neo noir vampire video game el paso, elsewhere

LaKeith Stanfield To Star In Film Adaptation of Vampire Video Game EL PASO, ELSEWHERE

LaKeith Stanfield, who most recently starred in Jeymes Samuel’s sophomore feature, The Book of Clarence, is teaming up with veteran producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for El Paso, Elsewhere, an adaptation of the
Read More
the darkness outside us book illustration

Elliot Page To Adapt Sci-Fi Novel THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US

The Darkness Outside Us is looking to move from ink and paper to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter announcing that Pageboy Productions, the banner run by Oscar nominee Elliot Page, Matt
Read More
till of deadpool kissing dog from full trailer for deadpool & wolverine

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Are Back In Full Trailer

Ryan Reynolds has taken over from Marvel Studios to post the very first, full-length trailer for Deadpool’s highly-anticipated third outing in Deadpool & Wolverine, marking the Merc with a Mouth’s entry into
Read More