Movie of the Week: February 21, 2026: Slaughterbots
The Solari Report does not generally promote the horror film genre, but the 2017 “horror short”Slaughterbots is worth eight minutes of your time.
The nonprofit Future of Life Institute, which works “to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from large-scale risks,” released the film, and documentary, commercial, and feature film director Stewart Sugg directed it. Wikipedia describes Slaughterbots as an “arms-control advocacy video” dramatizing a “near-future scenario.”
In general, the horror genre “seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers,” and Slaughterbots’ “fictional” depiction of drone warfare achieves both. Most of the mini-film depicts a pseudo-TED Talk presentation, in which a tech CEO brags about—and demonstrates—his company’s unstoppable AI operated drones, which can be “trained as a team” and combine cameras, sensors, facial recognition, and anti-sniper features with explosives.
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@shoaib100mph@TahaSadaqat@DavidMeadowsDOP We had the best time with you all Shoaib. The hospitality, kindness and good times you gave us will always be close to my heart. Thanks to you, Taha and everyone in Pakistan who made our trip so great. The Friendship Tour all over again!
@shoaib100mph@TahaSadaqat@DavidMeadowsDOP Happy days in Pakistan my friend - and the greatest hospitality from you and the whole Pakistan production team. Felt like 2004 ;)
The series I directed in India, Pakistan, UAE, Australia and the UK finally hits Netflix. Great privilege to film in these incredible countries and begin to understand the culture, history, politics and passion for the sport that binds them and makes their rivalry so compelling.
A film I made for the BBC - a tribute to Ray Reardon’s extraordinary life - is back on iPlayer after his passing last week:
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Very sad to hear of the passing of snooker legend Ray Reardon. Was an honour to make a BBC film with him a couple of years ago - he was still sparkling, fun, sharp and full of stories. #rayreardon