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  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • Alameda Entertainment
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • Alameda Entertainment
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary As Janie recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie’s buried demons begin to surface.

Directed By: Ben Cresciman

Written By: Ben Cresciman

  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • Alameda Entertainment
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • Alameda Entertainment
  • 1 h 23 m

Sun Choke

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary As Janie recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie’s buried demons begin to surface.

Directed By: Ben Cresciman

Written By: Ben Cresciman

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
58
57% Positive
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
14% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
58
57% Positive
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
14% Negative
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100
Aug 4, 2016
There is much that is inexplicable and remote about Sun Choke, but those should not be read as immediate negatives, but held up as virtues. Cinema too often gives the viewer everything on a plate and then spoon feds us with details until 'we get it'.
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75
Aug 5, 2016
Sun Choke is, after all, a melodrama, so you have to believe in Hagan's character. All of the impressionistic cinematography and special effects in the world couldn't save the film if you didn't care enough about Hagan's performance.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 4, 2016
A tense journey of psychological despair.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 3, 2016
The film doesn’t always work as a genre exercise, but it’s a winner as a character study, in large part because of how committed Hagan is to playing Janie’s derangement. Casting directors in search of the offbeat should take note.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 4, 2016
With a highly stylized form, and thick, syrupy ribbons of blood splashing everywhere, Sun Choke evokes a creepy, eerie vibe, but it’s difficult to muster more than a passing interest in the story, because we don’t know who this girl is, or why she does these things.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 11, 2016
The plot leans toward conventional horror violence as it progresses, but Cresciman has Hogan and Crampton remain largely affectless, their blank-slate characters doing little to make us respond to the action.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 26, 2016
It’s a psychological thriller built around two intense and graphic sex scenes, and a few other moments of expedient nudity. Mind games, stalking and graphic violence work their way in. But it’s the sex that seems to be the movie’s reason for being.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
6.6
60% Positive
3 Ratings
40% Mixed
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Production Company Lodger Films, Easy Open Productions
Release Date Aug 5, 2016
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating TV-MA
Genres
Tagline There are a lot of ways this world can hurt you
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Awards

Knoxville Horror Film Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
HARD:LINE Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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