The Gallows (2015)

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.

Directors:

Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing

Writers:

Chris Lofing, Travis Cluff

Stars:

Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reese Mishler	...	Reese Houser
Pfeifer Brown	...	Pfeifer Ross
Ryan Shoos	...	Ryan Shoos
Cassidy Gifford	...	Cassidy Spilker
Travis Cluff	...	Mr. Schwendiman
Price T. Morgan	...	Stage Boy (as Price Morgan)
Melissa Bratton	...	Pfeifer's Mom
Theo Burkhardt	...	Rick Houser (as Théo Burkhardt)
David Herrara	...	David the Janitor
Gannon Del Fierro	...	Gannon
Mackie Burt	...	Cheerleader #1
Adrian Salas	...	Superstar Football Player
Mark Hales	...	Peasant #5
John Hales	...	The King
Shannon Wetzel	...	Ms. Shannon

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

haunted school | found footage | high school | school play | gallows | 

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Taglines:

On July 10th, Hang With The Cool Kids.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing violent content and terror

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film received resoundingly negative reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes scoring it only 14% out of 100%.

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Goofs

Spartacus is first visible playing in Ryan's room before he pops up in a jump scare, however following during his monologue cut short by his mother attempting to enter his room Batman: Arkham Origins is seen in the midst of a cut-scene with no transition between the show and game.

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Quotes

Reese Houser: We have to pull the fire alarm, the cops will come and somebody will find us.
Pfeifer Ross: What if he finds us?

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Connections

Referenced in FoundFlix: The Gallows Act II (2019) (2020)

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Soundtracks

Roots
Performed by Plains
Written by Michael McGinnis (as Michael T McGinnis)
Courtesy of 10K Islands
Plays in Reese's car on the way to the school.

User Reviews

The Gallows (4/10)

As one of the most marketed horror films of 2015, The Gallows was strictly made to pick up money from teen audiences. The story revolves around a drama class at high school and drama between characters. The story is set up terribly making no sense at times and the characters were unlikable and had terrible dialogue. The writing was awful from the start. Besides the found footage technique which wasn't really needed, there is an element of originality with some of the concepts so I'll give it points for that. However, the film crashed for good once the ending rolled along, it was just terrible. Skip The Gallows unless you're looking for a movie with lots of jump scares or something to laugh at with your friends at the films absurdity.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Superstition

Filming Locations:

Nebraska, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,808,463, 12 July 2015

Gross USA:

$22,764,410

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$42,964,410

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Blumhouse Productions, Entertainment 360

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1) Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1