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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 15 m

Summary On Christmas Eve, a trio of college co-eds sneak off to a secluded mansion to party. The young girls are faced with dire choices after they unexpectedly encounter the property’s groundskeeper. Following a freak accident, the girls find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian nightmare steeped in tension, suspicion, double-crossing, and m...

Directed By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

Written By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 15 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 15 m

Body

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary On Christmas Eve, a trio of college co-eds sneak off to a secluded mansion to party. The young girls are faced with dire choices after they unexpectedly encounter the property’s groundskeeper. Following a freak accident, the girls find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian nightmare steeped in tension, suspicion, double-crossing, and m...

Directed By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

Written By: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
38% Positive
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38% Mixed
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25% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
38% Positive
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38% Mixed
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25% Negative
2 Reviews

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88
Dec 11, 2015
Body feels downright old-fashioned: a thriller with tension that doesn't stem from gore, jump scares, or other cheap shock tactics, but rather a creeping dread that grows with each red herring, and slow-burn plot twist.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 10, 2015
On the surface a typical exercise in horror-film cliché, Body turns out to be a far more thought-provoking creature, a parable of adulthood and a stinging indictment of white-girl privilege.
By Lara Zarum FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 10, 2015
Body is very much an exercise, but by a couple of guys who are already showing a confident handle of coaxing solid performances out of their cast, sustaining a mood, and not reaching beyond their means.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 8, 2015
The filmmakers exhibit no interest in watching the story's central wolves wiggle out of the trap they've potentially set for themselves.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 10, 2015
Body eventually goes for ["Very Bad Thing"'s] brand of cheap irony in a less blackly comedic register, and unfortunately achieves it.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
38
Apr 21, 2016
Just because Body could be made doesn’t mean it needed to be.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
30
Dec 10, 2015
The polished, bland low-budget presentation doesn’t raise much tension, and the script springs no real surprises
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Last Pictures, Smiley Ball Films
Release Date Dec 11, 2015
Duration 1 h 15 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Slamdance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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