Amusement (2008)

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

Director:

John Simpson

Writer:

Jake Wade Wall

Stars:

Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge, Jessica Lucas

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

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

clown | bound and gagged | real life siblings as fictional siblings | stabbed in the stomach | trucker | 

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Taglines:

Your fear. His amusement.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, terror and disturbing images

Details

Official Sites:

Picturehouse

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 2008 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

Развлечение

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Macari/Edelstein,New Line Cinema,Picturehouse

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed from November 2006 to January 2007, given a limited release in Thailand in October 2008, but not given a wide release until early 2009. Its release stateside was in January 2009.

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Goofs

The speedometer reads as KM/H (filmed in Australia), Yet they reference "Miles" and travelling too Connecticut.

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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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Connections

Features The Mask (1995)

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Soundtracks

Mine
Written by Dillon Dixon and Marco Beltrami
Performed by Dillon Dixon

User Reviews

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.