2008 · horror · mystery · slasher
Amusement
Directed by John Simpson1h 25m2008
While being interrogated by a police psychiatrist, the near-catatonic Tabitha tries to explain why she and two of her childhood friends are being hunted by a serial killer. The truth that's dying to come out weaves together three tragic secrets from their past. Two of the girls' boyfriends become unwitting targets in their deadly game.
Our read: Amusement (2008) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · mystery · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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“You want nasty anthology slasher energy with clown dread and childhood grudges unleashed.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if incoherent horror, babysitting peril, and cruel kills will stick with you.
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