The Gallows

Name: The Gallows
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: July 10, 2015
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 30
Cast: Cassidy Gifford, David Herrera, Melissa Bratton, Pfeifer Brown, Price T. Morgan

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 10, 2015 | R

Starring: Cassidy Gifford, David Herrera, Melissa Bratton, Pfeifer Brown, Price T. Morgan, Reese Mishler, Ryan Shoos, Theo Burkhardt, Travis Cluff

Summary: Twenty years after an accident caused the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small town school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy—but ultimately find out that some things are better left alone.

Director: Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 81 min

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Richard Roeper

Jul 9, 2015

This is the kind of movie where you can anticipate the next big shock and it usually arrives right on cue, and yet it still gets you right in the gut. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Jul 9, 2015

Lofing and Cluff certainly know the found-footage ropes, and the tropes; we'll see if their next project reveals a little more imagination. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jul 9, 2015

A movie that has two good ideas. It needed three. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Jul 9, 2015

Making audiences care about the characters is always a more effective fear-generating strategy than just knocking off a bunch of dimwits in the dark. Read full review

John Hazelton

Jul 9, 2015

The Gallows offers up few new ideas and very few genuine scares. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jul 9, 2015

It would be easy to spend hours trashing The Galllows if it just wasn’t so disposable. Read full review

Josh Kupecki

Jul 8, 2015

The Gallows offers exactly none of the frisson or pleasure of a found-footage film done right. Read full review

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JLau

Sep 27, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boy who died in stage accident comes back to hang members of drama class who are acting in a rerun of the show he died in.… Expand

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horcrux2007

Jul 10, 2015

Unsurprisingly, this movie has gotten a lot of hate around the internet. With a 4.7 on IMDb based on only 164 ratings, a 16% on rotten tomatoes and a 31 on metacritic, you'd expect this to be a complete disaster. Fortunately, The Gallows is a surprisingly intense and effective little foundUnsurprisingly, this movie has gotten a lot of hate around the internet. With a 4.7 on IMDb based on only 164 ratings, a 16% on rotten tomatoes and a 31 on metacritic, you'd expect this to be a complete disaster. Fortunately, The Gallows is a surprisingly intense and effective little found footage flick that has a few good scares up its sleeve. The Gallows is a supernatural found footage film about a group of teenagers who break into their school the night before a play, appropriately titled "The Gallows", so that the show can't go on. However, 20 years earlier, a freak accident happened during the same play that resulted in the death of Charlie Grimelle, the star of the show. For the most part, this film is rather tight and controlled. Clocking in at a criminally short 81 minutes, this does allow the movie to move at a pretty brisk pace, but a few scenes do feel rather rushed. Some of the scares do fall flat because of this and go for a jump scare that would have been much more effective if there wasn't a "big whoosh sound". Other than those few scenes, there are quite a few well-timed jump scares and a lot of incredibly intense and scary scenes that, luckily, don't end on a dramatic jump scare. Watching the four characters roaming the dark, empty corridors of their school is rather unnerving, especially when they find hidden rooms underneath the school. The sound also makes this movie very atmospheric and unsettling. The Gallows isn't without its glaring problems. This movie definitely won't win any awards in the originality department, and the acting (something I usually never mention) is largely uneven from a couple of the cast members, but the worst thing about The Gallows is the atrocity that is the ending. I don't want to spoil anything, but the big plot twist at the end was insanely predictable and cheesy. It was almost as if the filmmakers couldn't come up with a decent way to end the movie, so they just wrapped it up with some lame plot twist that makes no sense at all. That might have been why this was only 81 minutes. The worst thing about the ending is that it actually created more questions than it answered, which really frustrated my friend and me. Despite the absolutely awful ending, The Gallows does not deserve the scorn it's been getting on the Internet. It's a very intense and sometimes scary movie, and it's definitely a movie you'll want to watch in the theater.… Expand

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ahnehnois

Jul 12, 2015

It's a cheap jump scare movie. There's a bit of fun to be had, and it builds to an appropriate conclusion, but it's plagued by the same issues that most found footage movies are. Who found this footage? Why did they edit it together like this? How did people managed to keep cameras trainedIt's a cheap jump scare movie. There's a bit of fun to be had, and it builds to an appropriate conclusion, but it's plagued by the same issues that most found footage movies are. Who found this footage? Why did they edit it together like this? How did people managed to keep cameras trained on them while they were being hunted by monsters?

The titular noose is a somewhat unsatisfying conceit that is never adequately explained or contextualized (particularly notable given its connection to the Confederate flag controversy that erupted shortly before the release of this film). The performances are fine enough, and if you want to spend another 80 minutes of your life exploring the psyches of bratty teenagers, you can.

At its best, though, the movie creates a sense of verisimilitude sufficient to sell its jump scares. Horror can be better than this, but at least the Gallows met its own goals.… Expand

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Jayce_Kuklin

Aug 23, 2015

Honestly, this movie was not even scary. Sure, it had some twists and turns, but everything about it is just awful. I can't believe I wasted seven bucks on a movie that wasn't even worth watching. In fact, I went to the hospital after seeing it. -_- Forgive me for seeing a movie so patheticHonestly, this movie was not even scary. Sure, it had some twists and turns, but everything about it is just awful. I can't believe I wasted seven bucks on a movie that wasn't even worth watching. In fact, I went to the hospital after seeing it. -_- Forgive me for seeing a movie so pathetic like The Gallows. :P… Expand

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LeZee

Oct 9, 2017

A night before the play!

It is my personal opinion that I did not find the film any good. There's nothing new in it. Even those who haven't seen many films could name a couple of similar films. The best ones. The worst part was, in horror films, ten guys go in and only one comes out.A night before the play!

It is my personal opinion that I did not find the film any good. There's nothing new in it. Even those who haven't seen many films could name a couple of similar films. The best ones. The worst part was, in horror films, ten guys go in and only one comes out. Sometimes none. The found-footage presentation was okay for such concept. The film was short and one day event based. Most of the story was on the night in an auditorium. The initial part had fair space to kick-start the tale with a simple intro. And then the following event did not stay up to the buildup.

The basic storyline itself was very weak. The characters, and their behaviours, all easily gives out the upcoming scenes. So predictable, even the twist was ordinary. The way it ended was worse than ordinary. I felt the final scene with the cops was totally unnecessary. There's nothing wrong with the actors. Even filmmaking was acceptable. But I don't know how the production company okayed the screenplay. One of the low cost film, but earned better. Despite not received well by all the quarters. I would always encourage such small films, but I can't suggest it.

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Urbanlistener

Feb 25, 2016

Another found footage crappy movie made with no efforts or originality only to make a lot of money on a really small budget. The idea, the general concept is kind of interesting, but that's pretty much the only good thing about it. They just do not exploit the good concept to make a goodAnother found footage crappy movie made with no efforts or originality only to make a lot of money on a really small budget. The idea, the general concept is kind of interesting, but that's pretty much the only good thing about it. They just do not exploit the good concept to make a good film, they decide again to use the same old formula of loud noises, cheap jumpscares, bad acting, bad effects and shaky cams to cover up these bad effects when something happens. And the ending, oh my god, this one of the worst ending I have ever seen in any movie ever. Talk about an unnecessary twist that doesn't add anything and just contradict all the plot element that happened before. A cash grab you really don't need to see.… Expand

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Zwtich_TV

Jul 11, 2015

I don't even have to finish the commercialized non-sense that is being broadcast about this movie. From the first five minutes oftlooking over what was supposed be a new thriller in modern cinema has turned out to be a rip-off of classic movies such the crazed killer (Leatherface, Jason,I don't even have to finish the commercialized non-sense that is being broadcast about this movie. From the first five minutes oftlooking over what was supposed be a new thriller in modern cinema has turned out to be a rip-off of classic movies such the crazed killer (Leatherface, Jason, Freddy, etc) and the 'typical teenagers going into a scary place they're not supposed to go into because they wanted prove some myth wrong' dilemma. This movie is utterly disgusting in the fact that they tried to be clever thieves. What would make this movie watchable? I would say this film does not have the right storyline, character choices and an overall lack of creativity.… Expand

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