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  • 2011
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Films
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Films
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Forget everything you’ve ever seen in a serial killer movie and get ready for the chiller that stunned festival audiences around the world: Notorious murderer Garrick Turrell has escaped from police custody and resumed his killing spree. His former girlfriend Sarah is a recovering alcoholic trying to put her life back together in a new t...

Directed By: Adam Wingard

Written By: Simon Barrett

  • 2011
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Films
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Anchor Bay Films
  • 1 h 27 m

A Horrible Way to Die

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Forget everything you’ve ever seen in a serial killer movie and get ready for the chiller that stunned festival audiences around the world: Notorious murderer Garrick Turrell has escaped from police custody and resumed his killing spree. His former girlfriend Sarah is a recovering alcoholic trying to put her life back together in a new t...

Directed By: Adam Wingard

Written By: Simon Barrett

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80
Aug 18, 2011
Viewed simply as a horror movie, A Horrible Way to Die is diverting; viewed as commentary on our willingness to tune out evil for the sake of emotional connection, it's devastating.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
58
Aug 17, 2011
The credibility Bowen and Amy Seimetz, as his fearful ex-girlfriend, bring to their roles nearly legitimizes the movie's underlying silliness.
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW

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40
Aug 16, 2011
Bowen in particular stands out, impressively describing Garrick's hairpin turns from comforting his victims to instinctively throttling them, but director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett exhibit less facility with the big picture.
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40
Aug 15, 2011
Where helmer Adam Wingard's prior "Pop Skull" used a jittery style to convey its delusional, possibly meth-addled protagonist's mindset, here, too much handheld camera wobble and wavering image focus only alienate the viewer from this somewhat sluggish tale.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
38
Aug 15, 2011
The adventitious use of loud and strange blasts of music may theoretically make sense to heighten the film's creepiness, but here, like everything else, they don't exactly make a perfect fit and serve more as the final nail in the coffin for the film's lack of tonal cohesion.
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Production Company Snowfort Pictures, Arable Entertainment, Site B, Two Squirrels On A Bicycle
Release Date Aug 19, 2011
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
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• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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