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Amusement (2008) 5.1
Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls' childhoods. Director:John SimpsonWriter:Jake Wade Wall |
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| Keir O'Donnell | ... | ||
| Katheryn Winnick | ... | ||
| Laura Breckenridge | ... | ||
| Jessica Lucas | ... | ||
| Tad Hilgenbrink | ... |
Rob
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| Reid Scott | ... | ||
| Rena Owen | ... | ||
| Kevin Gage | ... | ||
| Brennan Bailey | ... | ||
| Preston Bailey | ... | ||
| Shauna Duggins | ... |
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| Fernanda Dorogi | ... | ||
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As retribution a psychopathic stalker known only as The Laugh attacks the now adult girls who picked on his sick childhood tendencies. Tabitha, Shelby and Lisa become the target of a madman with a serious adolescent grudge. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com
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Your fear. His amusement. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for horror violence, terror and disturbing images | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 October 2008 (Thailand) See more »Also Known As:
Amusement: El juego del mal See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Dan: Oh.
The Laugh: It's very old... and priceless.
Dan: What's it do?
The Laugh: What does it do? Well, it plays a song, and at the end, you get a surprise. Well, go on. Try it.
Dan: Oh no, that's okay.
The Laugh: Try it.
Dan: Okay.
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(Pacha Remix)
Written by Leigh Nash, Bill Leeb and Roy Salmond
Performed by Fauxliage
Courtesy of Nettwerk Productions
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WILHELM SCREAM: When Lisa is upstairs in the home of the Laugh, unknowingly speaking directly to him. See more »Quotes
The Laugh: It's a metal scope Victrola.Dan: Oh.
The Laugh: It's very old... and priceless.
Dan: What's it do?
The Laugh: What does it do? Well, it plays a song, and at the end, you get a surprise. Well, go on. Try it.
Dan: Oh no, that's okay.
The Laugh: Try it.
Dan: Okay.
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Soundtracks
"Rafe"(Pacha Remix)
Written by Leigh Nash, Bill Leeb and Roy Salmond
Performed by Fauxliage
Courtesy of Nettwerk Productions
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This instantly forgettable piece of generic, modern horror sees a giggling psycho (known as The Laugh) wreaking revenge on three beautiful young women who, years before, failed to find his school project—a diorama featuring a mutilated rat—as amusing as he had hoped.
The film opens in an innovative enough manner, with each girl's abduction being shown as a 'story within a story', but soon descends into mediocrity as the focus of the plot becomes the standard woman in peril garbage that we have seen countless times before. To make matters worse, director John Simpson's visuals suffer from the grimy 'torture porn' look and feel that is all the rage these days, and Jake Wade Wall's script is packed with so many plot holes, clichés, and dumb characters that taking the film seriously is very hard indeed.
Admittedly, Simpson does manage to create quite a bit of tense atmosphere during one effective section of the film involving a room full of creepy toy clowns, but the premise is hardly original, and one does have to question how a killer in a creepy clown costume can enter a house completely unnoticed.
Thank heavens for the presence of hottie Katheryn Winnick (the lovely renaissance slut from Satan's Little Helper) as lead victim Tabitha, for without her as diverting eye-candy, Amusement would have been a whole lot more difficult to endure.