AfrAId

Danielle pays homage to Sam’s one and only DCOM, Smart House, by bringing the adult horror version to the table with the 2024 movie AfrAId. John Cho and Katherine Waterston (delightfully) star as John Cho and Meredith, parents to three children who are being raised in our technological dystopia. When John Cho’s boss requires him to install a very fancy Alexa in his house named AIA who watches their every move, what could possibly go wrong? Nothing, obviously. Definitely nobody dying. And definitely not demons. One of those is probably true. While things are going perfectly fine, John Cho begins to question whether he maybe should have done more research on the company he sold all his privacy to, and how maybe he should have quit his job years ago before his boss sold him out, and also maybe how he should have taught his children to have a little more stranger danger. Meredith, initially the voice of reason, is taken in hook, line and sinker when AIA manages to figure out auto-pay before she does. As AIA ingratiates herself into the family, they soon realize the problem is bigger than even John Cho can imagine. Mostly, Sam’s pretty sure, because the AI trained on the Necronomicon; so you could see where that might cause some problems. Is AfrAId better than Smart House or just more fun to say? You be the judge.