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  • 2014
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2014
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Go Down Death is a wry, sinister realization of a strange new universe, a cross-episodic melange of macabre folktales supposedly penned by the fictitious writer Jonathan Mallory Sinus. An abandoned warehouse in Brooklyn stands in for a decrepit village haunted by ghosts, superstition, and disease, while threatening to buckle under rumbli...

Directed By: Aaron Schimberg

Written By: Aaron Schimberg

  • 2014
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2014
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 27 m

Go Down Death

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Go Down Death is a wry, sinister realization of a strange new universe, a cross-episodic melange of macabre folktales supposedly penned by the fictitious writer Jonathan Mallory Sinus. An abandoned warehouse in Brooklyn stands in for a decrepit village haunted by ghosts, superstition, and disease, while threatening to buckle under rumbli...

Directed By: Aaron Schimberg

Written By: Aaron Schimberg

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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91
Mar 25, 2014
This is a unique, strange, unforgettable film, a half-remembered dream that will trouble and beguile the subconscious long after you’ve moved on.
By Gabe Toro FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 25, 2014
Schimberg, in this debut, demonstrates rare assuredness in shooting and staging scenes, coaxing unexpected but true-feeling flourishes from his cast of mostly amateurs blessed with extraordinary faces.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 28, 2014
Rather than distressed retro photography, or Guy Maddin mash-up fantasias, the movie’s often deadpan episodes feel like something out of one-act theater
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 25, 2014
The end result is a bit like a beautiful diorama, in which the people share a common purpose with the furniture: to fill space and look nice.
By Alan Jones FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 25, 2014
This film neither really embraces the mechanics of primitive cinema nor creates a coherent syntax of its own.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Grand Motel Films, Post-Original Productions
Release Date Mar 28, 2014
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/GoDownDeath
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