The Gallows

20152015
RR
1h 21m

Cassidy Gifford in The Gallows (2015)

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.

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20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon... Read all20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Show Me Something Charlie

Show Me Something Charlie

Come Over Here

Charlie Come Out And Play

Charlie Come Out And Play

I Took That Down

I Took That Down

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Cassidy Gifford in The Gallows (2015)

Dean Schnider, Reese Mishler, Chris Lofing, Travis Cluff, and Ryan Shoos at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Kathie Lee Gifford and Cassidy Gifford at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Kathie Lee Gifford, Kris Jenner, Cassidy Gifford, and Kylie Jenner at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Kathie Lee Gifford and Kris Jenner at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Pfeifer Brown at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Jodie Sweetin at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Cassidy Gifford at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Taylor-Ann Hasselhoff at an event for The Gallows (2015)

Ryan Shoos and Pfeifer Brown at an event for The Gallows (2015)

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The Gallows Act II

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Students from Nebraska discover some strange things that have happened to their school. Charlie Grimille, a innocent high school student that went to the same school as the victims earlier in the plot line was in a play called "Gallow." He was supposed to be standing on a thin wooden board with his neck around a loose rope. That board fell through and caused Charlie to die on the spot. Many years later, these high school students decide to reenact the play in Charlie's honor. When the lead role gets a bad case of stage fright, they decide to go to the school the night before to ruin the set so the play wouldn't happen. Little did they know what would happen after that..

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Taglines
- Every School Has Its Spirit
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some disturbing violent content and terror
Parents guide

Trivia
The opening Charlie Grimille hanging was a played by ear sequence with the rest of the cast and crew during its initial shots, Directors/writer Lofing pitched to Cluff and the actor Jesse Cross of not informing the rest of the cast and crew of the sudden prop malfunction they had scripted in, leading everybody to believe Cross had actually just hung to death, the genuine screams, horror and frantic rushing of the crowd encapsulated exactly what Lofing had envisioned for the beginning death sequence and maintained the very first few shots as the film's opening.

Goofs
At the end it is revealed that Pfeifer is Alexis and Charlie's daughter. She is a senior in high school Charlie died 20 years before so she would of have to been conceived before he died for her to be his daughter. Therefore Pfeifer was a 19 year old senior. She was born almost 7 months after her father died. Her mother made sure to hold her back to stay with Reese and exact their revenge.

Quotes
Reese Houser: Don't say his name!

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Horror Movies Ruined by Terrible Endings! (2017)

Soundtracks
The Gallows End Credits
Written by Zach Lemmon

Top review

Give it a chance if you like found footage horror

I love found footage horror when it's done well, and there's a lot to choose from, and a lot of it sucks. So when I see one that doesn't have me cringing and eye-rolling from start to finish, I give it a break.

The Gallows moves along quickly, the storyline mostly makes sense and is engaging enough, the characters are identifiable, typical and even likable, and the ending was somewhat original and unexpected, so to me, this is worth a viewing.

The majority of bad reviews seem to be from people who already hate found footage, so it's hard to give those reviews any credence. But if you are like me and enjoy found footage horror, and understand going in that most of those films are pretty bad, then this film is for you.

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Release date
- July 10, 2015 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Superstition
Filming locations
- Fresno, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $100,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $22,764,410
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,808,463
- Jul 12, 2015
Gross worldwide
- $42,964,410

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Runtime
1 hour 21 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Atmos
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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