Septic Man

Name: Septic Man
Genre: Horror
Released: August 15, 2014
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 8

2014

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Overwhelming dislike based on 7 Critics

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Ratings

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Septic Man

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Starz Digital Media | Release Date: August 15, 2014

Summary: Jack, a sewage worker who’s determined to uncover the cause of the town’s water contamination crisis, gets trapped underground in a septic tank and undergoes a hideous transformation. In order to escape the tank, he must team up with a docile Giant and confront a murdering madman.

Director: Jesse Thomas Cook

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 83 min

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Austin Chronicle - Steve Davis

Aug 13, 2014

It’s McHattie’s bizarre turn as the beleaguered town’s mayor that steals this show. Taking his cue from another infamous Ontario public servant, he gives a performance that can only be described as bat-shit crazy. Fitting, eh? Read full review

The A.V. Club - Jesse Hassenger

Aug 14, 2014

As if the ravings of a lunatic weren’t dull enough, Septic Man eventually becomes the ravings of an idiot too. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Aug 13, 2014

Featuring a non-stop barrage of gross-out effects depicting the substances that its title would indicate, this low-brow horror film is mainly suitable for audiences desperately pining for yet another "Toxic Avenger" sequel. Read full review

The Dissolve - Charles Bramesco

Aug 12, 2014

Beyond its mere unfunniness and stupidity, Septic Man is criminally unimaginative. Read full review

Village Voice - Nick Schager

Aug 14, 2014

Just as dispiriting as its lack of scares (or sense of humor) is Septic Man’s lack of purpose -- devoid of any commentary, the film pointlessly wallows around in the muck, thereby making itself as valuable as those nasty things routinely flushed down the toilet. Read full review

Variety - Geoff Berkshire

Aug 26, 2014

Jack’s predicament is both revolting and claustrophobic, but he never emerges as any kind of hero or villain, just a passive victim, which makes the pic’s most off-putting quality its endless tedium. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Gary Goldstein

Aug 13, 2014

It's a grotesque, deadly dull piece of cinematic upchuck, a horror film minus tension or chills. Read full review

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S1r-R34l

Mar 4, 2017

The best part of the movie is the opening sequence, which has NOTHING to do with the story or the film; it's just another way to draw you into a crappy film. It could've been a decent movie if it had sped through the transformation and had Septic Man terrorising the township. Though itThe best part of the movie is the opening sequence, which has NOTHING to do with the story or the film; it's just another way to draw you into a crappy film. It could've been a decent movie if it had sped through the transformation and had Septic Man terrorising the township. Though it never gets to that point. The special effects are okay, though. Shame about the rest of it, which is dire, to say the least.… Expand

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LowbrowCinema

Aug 19, 2014

SEPTIC MAN is a movie that proves less is more. After a pretty cool opening sequence involving a pregnant woman in a squalid toilet projecting from every imaginable orifice, SEPTIC MAN degenerates into nothing more than 80 minutes of vomit and feces. I'm all for that. But even squalor getsSEPTIC MAN is a movie that proves less is more. After a pretty cool opening sequence involving a pregnant woman in a squalid toilet projecting from every imaginable orifice, SEPTIC MAN degenerates into nothing more than 80 minutes of vomit and feces. I'm all for that. But even squalor gets boring when the filmmakers haven't got a clue on how to make a coherent film. SEPTIC MAN is both literally and figuratively a big mess but thank heaven for Hollywood's Arena Cinema for showing it!… Expand

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