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  • 2013
  • R
  • Modern Distributors
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Modern Distributors
  • 1 h 21 m

Summary Jug Face tells the story of a pregnant teen trying to escape a backwoods community when she discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit. The entity in the pit requires a life for keeping the community safe. The face of the person to be sacrificed is crafted onto a ceramic jug. When ignored, the entity unleashes an evil on...

Directed By: Chad Crawford Kinkle

Written By: Chad Crawford Kinkle

  • 2013
  • R
  • Modern Distributors
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Modern Distributors
  • 1 h 21 m

Jug Face

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jug Face tells the story of a pregnant teen trying to escape a backwoods community when she discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit. The entity in the pit requires a life for keeping the community safe. The face of the person to be sacrificed is crafted onto a ceramic jug. When ignored, the entity unleashes an evil on...

Directed By: Chad Crawford Kinkle

Written By: Chad Crawford Kinkle

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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75
Aug 8, 2013
Chad Crawford Kinkle impressively imbues this supernatural world of backwoods mysticism with a plausible milieu while still staying committed to the film's own brewing insanity.
By Nick McCarthy FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 6, 2013
Kinkle shows a deft hand at pacing and the gore is kept to a minimum.
By Pete Vonder Haar FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 3, 2013
An atmospheric chiller that’s just quirky enough to achieve cult status.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 9, 2013
After all the thrills, chills, and jumped up machinery in both big and little films these days, there's not too much that can shake us up; show me something I can't get anywhere else, like Jug Face's rare joyful hillbilly dance sequence, with heels-tapping and spoons clanking.
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60
Aug 7, 2013
Kinkle's debut refreshingly sacrifices gore showpieces (though it is bloody at times) for a steadily increasing dread tied to a young woman's desperation.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 8, 2013
Some low-budget manifestations of the supernatural jazz up the frights now and again, but as the novelty of worshiping a hole in the ground fades, the film paints itself into a corner.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
38
Aug 9, 2013
This morbid, cruel movie seems leached of all things that might inadvertently give viewers pleasure.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Modernciné, New Company
Release Date Aug 9, 2013
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The Pit Wants What It Wants.
Website https://www.facebook.com/JugFace
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Awards

Freak Show Horror Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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