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  • 2015
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  • 2015
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Summary Raymond (Matthew Gray Gubler) has a prestigious MBA, but he can't find work. He can channel the paranormal, but chatting with a cute girl mystifies him. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorizes the small town, th...

Directed By: Richard Bates Jr.

Written By: Mark Bruner, Richard Bates Jr.

  • 2015
  • R
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 30 m

Suburban Gothic

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Summary Raymond (Matthew Gray Gubler) has a prestigious MBA, but he can't find work. He can channel the paranormal, but chatting with a cute girl mystifies him. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorizes the small town, th...

Directed By: Richard Bates Jr.

Written By: Mark Bruner, Richard Bates Jr.

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60
Jan 27, 2015
While the results may be perilously slight, Suburban Gothic’s particular brand of low-key sarcasm and absurdity will tickle those looking for laughs more dry than slapstick (or splatstick) in nature.
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Jan 25, 2015
The movie plays quite well for a while but begins to run out of steam in its second half, its occasional laughs not coming quickly enough to keep us interested in the unfolding lore of 19th century murders.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
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Jan 29, 2015
Bates and co-writer Mark Bruner seem to be going for a satirical tone that falls somewhere between David Lynch and Seth Rogen, but deliberately cheesy effects and a sluggish pace sink the early potential.
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Jan 29, 2015
Despite the cast's genuine charm, Suburban Gothic's script and characters are too familiar and sophomoric to sustain half its runtime without the gross-out death sequences that define its genre.
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Production Company New Normal Films
Release Date Jan 30, 2015
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
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Tagline This dead end town just got a lot deader
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Awards

Screamfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Molins Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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