The Culling (2015)

A terrifying supernatural thriller in which a group of college friends on a road trip find themselves fighting off dark forces at a remote farmhouse after a chance encounter with a strange little girl.

Director:

Rustam Branaman

Writer:

Rustam Branaman

Stars:

Jeremy Sumpter, Elizabeth Di Prinzio, Brett Davern

Cast

Credited cast:
Jeremy Sumpter	...	Tyler
Elizabeth Di Prinzio	...	Emily
Brett Davern	...	Sean
Chris Coy	...	Hank
Linsey Godfrey	...	Amanda
Virginia Williams	...	Val
Johnathon Schaech	...	Wayne
Harley Graham	...	Lucy
Jennifer Bowman	...	Mildred
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chelsea Bruland	...	Young Woman
Sydney Dwyer	...	Demon Child
Alice Ford	...	Nurse
Zaria Griffin	...	Gary Knox
Met Salih	...	Murdered Woman

Storyline

The friends Tyler, Emily, Sean, Hank and Amanda are traveling to a music festival. They arrive late at a diner that is closed. As they are about to leave they find a girl. Lucy in the parking area. Lucy claims that she is lost and the group decides to drive her home, to a farmhouse. They meet her parents Val and Wayne who invite the group to have dinner with them. Val cuts her leg with an ax and Wayne takes her to the hospital while the group of friends stay in the house taking care of Lucy. Soon they discover that the place is evil and try to flee. Will they succeed?

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural power | psychotronic film | house | road trip | group of friends | 

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Taglines:

When the devil breeds...a new evil is born.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jeremy Sumpter wears a Power Balance Wristband in the film and was bought by a fan in New York when the film wrapped.

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Goofs

During the heated discussion, one of the young takes the rifle and dumps a boxful of rifle cartridges on the hearth. The rounds make a bell-like sound, indicating that they are empty casings. Loaded cartridges would normally make a dull clunk or thud.

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Soundtracks

Majestic Unknown
Written by & Doug 'Graves' McRoy
Published by Test Pattern Tunes/Marshwiggle Music/Chocodile Guinea Pig Music (BMI)
Performed by White Flag
Courtesy of Gasatanka Records

User Reviews

I love Jeremy Sumpter but this was garbage!

I watched this solely because of Sumpter as I want to see him in more roles as I feel his only memorable one is still Peter Pan. I feel that him and Elizabeth were the only decent actors but the movie falls flat. The story was cliché and not engaging. There were virtually no scary parts at all and the gore was minimal. I was hoping for some good creepy atmosphere or if that was absent, at least some excessive gore but sadly the movie lacked both those elements. There was no character development and the writers clearly hated all their characters. I also do not mind when the story is not explained fully such as Night of the Living Dead; it leaves a certain amount of mystery to the movie. This movie, although it did not explain everything, was completely uninteresting to the point that I did not want to know and not knowing made the film even worse. Stay away.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 2015 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

The Culling

Filming Locations:

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,295

Company Credits

Production Co:

Safady Entertainment, Silver Lining Media Group, The Culling Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color