(2013)
A scheming couple put a struggling family man and his old friend through a series of increasingly twisted dares over the course of an evening at a local bar.
Director: E.L. Katz
Starring: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, David Koechner and Sara Paxton
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"You should watch it as a twisted comedy. Those who do will be rewarded, especially by the film's outlandish final image." -Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
“Cheap Thrills is a thoroughly nasty piece of work." -Joe Leydon, Variety
"One of the most involving works of cinematic misanthropy in years." -John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
"Suggests 'Jackass' Meets Michael Haneke." -Eric Kohn, Indiewire
"A Black Comic Masterpiece. -Drew McWeeny, HitFix
"Simple, effective and consistently provocative, Cheap Thrills is a masterful debut from a director to watch.. -Chris Tilly, IGN
"100% can’t miss film for any viewer that wants to be sickened, surprised and impressed." -Evan Dickson, Bloody Disgusting
"Fiendish, fierce, and funny." -Peter Martin, Twitch
"Original, satirical, violent, funny….Consider yourself warned. Genre flicks this unique, daring, and perversely thoughtful don't come around very often." -Matt Barone, Complex Magazine
"Nasty fun on the surface, but rather a smart little morality play on the whole." -Scott Weinberg, FEARnet
"Its a gritty, brutal film that’s much smarter than it may look at first glance." -Luke Mullen, Film School Rejects
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FESTIVALS
World Premiere: SXSW 2013
International Premiere: Fantasia International Film Festival
European Premiere: Film4 Fright Fest
Official Selection: Seattle International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Sitges International Film Festival, 2013, Sydney Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Lund Fantastisk Film Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Paris International Fantastic Film Festival, Glasgow Film Festival
AWARDS
Midnighters Audience Award - SXSW
New Flesh Award - Fantasia International Film Festival
Director's Choice Award - Boston Underground Film Festival, 2013
Best After Dark Gold Hugo Award - Chicago International Film Festival
Best Feature - Imagine Film Festival
Best Screenplay - Malaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema
Best Actor (Pat Healy) - Fright Meter Awards
NOTEWORTHY
Best film of 2013 - Bloody Disgusting
One of 11 Best Directorial Debuts of 2014 - Indiewire
One of Top 10 Films of 2013 - HitFix
One of 10 Best Films of 2014 - Chicago Reader
One of Top 10 Films of 2014 - Collider
One of Top 15 Genre Films of 2014 - Shock Till You Drop
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