Amusement (2008)

Director:

John Simpson

Writer (WGA):

Jake Wade Wall (written by)

Release Date:

20 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

It's Funny... Right?

Plot:

Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls' childhoods.

Plot Keywords:

Killer | Grudge | Childhood | Bar | Dissection

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Keir O'Donnell	...	The Laugh
Katheryn Winnick	...	Tabitha
Laura Breckenridge	...	Shelby
Jessica Lucas	...	Lisa
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Rob (as Tad Hilgenbrinck)
Reid Scott	...	Dan
Rena Owen	...	Psychiatrist
Kevin Gage	...	Tryton
Brennan Bailey	...	Danny
Preston Bailey	...	Max
Shauna Duggins	...	Woman In Truck
Fernanda Dorogi	...	Cat
Eyad Kurd-Misto	...	Child Laugh
Karley Scott Collins	...	Child Tabitha
Jadin Gould	...	Child Shelby

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, terror and disturbing images.

Runtime:

Argentina:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | UK:18 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:18 | Singapore:M18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Macari/Edelstein

Trivia:

Originally slated to go to theaters.

Quotes:

Danny: What's wrong, Tabby?
Max: Don't be scared.
Tabitha: Boys, listen to me, we have to hide. There's a bad man, a very bad man in the house.
Max: He just wants to play. Like earlier at the door.
Tabitha: That was him?
Danny: [Chuckles] Owen.
Tabitha: No, don't.
Danny: But, Tabby, he said he just wanted to have some fun.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Mask" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Mine

Please please don't watch this film.

Please please don't watch this film.

I'll get to the point.

1. Its really slow (the film is only 1.5 hours. 1 hour of it is needless padding).

2. Its dull (it has 3 separate stories, each of which take about 10-15 minutes to get going, and then the "horror" part lasts about 1-2 minutes) 3. Its cliché (there is nothing you haven't seen before, which can be OK, except its SO cliché, there is no fear factor) 4. It has no scary bits (there is no suspense and because its slow, dull and cliché, its hard to feel scared. Even my girlfriend fell asleep and she scares really easy). The scariest part of this film is the cover.

5. It would be hard to direct a film more poorly than this. The director has attempted to copy other films and done so with no innovation or interest factor at all. This film probably will (and should) ruin the directors career. I don't like to be horrible, so if the director were prepared to openly apologise for this film, I'd gladly give him another chance. Otherwise he owes me 1.5 hours of my life).

6. Its the first film to make me feel angry at the waste of my life 7. Oh and its dull.

Please please don't watch this film. You will be disappointed.