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Abruptio

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Abruptio

Released Sep 27, 2024

1h 34m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Les Hackel hates his life. He works a dead-end job, was just dumped by his high-maintenance girlfriend, and still lives with his nagging mom. One night, he discovers a fresh incision behind his neck. His friend Danny tells him it's a bomb, that someone has implanted one in his neck, too. And then the messages start coming in, forcing Les to carry out missions with deadly results. Les is partnered up with a series of oddball characters to commit heinous tasks. The violence escalating around him, Les pieces together the clues that reveal the horrific plans to breed a monstrous race of beings.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

One of the most jarring movies to come along in a while, this gory sci-fi horror story is performed by grotesque but lifelike puppets, giving it a uniquely disquieting, disorienting effect.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 4, 2025

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Abruptio is an oddity that fully commits to the weirdness of having an all puppet cast work within the locations as fully-human-pretending with full size everything. The film is surprisingly bloody, and the uncanny valley quality is spooky here.

Dec 28, 2024

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Shawn Van Horn

Collider

It's part thriller, part over-the-top sci-fi horror, part character study, and all the way strange. Not all of Abruptio worked, but I won't soon forget it.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 6, 2024

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Callie Hanna

FandomWire

Whatever else you can say about Abruptio, you will not see any other film like it this year and that has to count for something.

Rated: 7/10

Oct 10, 2024

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Miyako Pleines

Spectrum Culture

Evan Marlowe’s life-size puppet drama Abruptio offers up some interesting visuals and a handful of clever concepts, it just never manages to cut itself free from some of the genre’s biggest cliché strings.

Oct 2, 2024

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Katelyn Nelson

Daily Grindhouse

All that would be enough to build any movie’s tension, but, somehow that only scratches the surface of all that’s going on with Abruptio. Like all the best nightmares, there’s far more at work here beneath the surface, and that surface is a slippery one.

Aug 4, 2024

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Garry A

I appreciate the filmmaker's creativity. The puppets were creepy but cool. I didn't stick with it. There wasn't any real cohesion from scene to scene.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Stoner J

Good review for it being soooo unique, great puppetry by far, and for an overall bloody ass good watch. Definitely not for pre 12 year olds and did not like them ending but was worth it for the sheer fun of it. I’d love to see another one like this but with a more intriguing delivery and ending for sure

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Mike R

You will not see a similar movie anytime soon. The idea of life size puppets is unique on its own. Coupled with an absurd story line, this movie stand out from the rest. I wanted to enjoy the story more than I did. As much as I enjoyed the visuals including solid cinematography, the story went too far down an absurd path. In the end, most of it will make sense if you pay attention to the details, however, it makes the movie hard to follow and enjoy until the resolution. Highly recommended for people who seek out niche, unique movies. Not recommended for the average film goers.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Greg S

The trailer pulled me in to renting this, plus the good critic's reviews. There's lots of potential here for making something really gripping and interesting but that was not taken advantage of. End result is a film that combines a not-too-interesing easy to read and understand kid's book with R-Rated gory violence added. But that is not enough to rescue this production from the scrap heap. Not a good use ot time watching this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Brandon H

It's really hard to find the exact words to describe what kind of experience this movie is. Having the characters be puppets adds to the surrealism which becomes more and more prominent throughout the run time and I am absolutely here for it! As the story unfolds, reality starts to fall apart and become more unsettling, just like the characters, but also draws you in deeper just to see what happens next. I can't even remember how I started following the socials for this movie, but I am glad that I did and I am going to be recommending this to anyone I talk movies with moving forward. Definitely give it a watch if you have the chance and are even the slightest bit curious about it. You won't regret it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/12/24

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Dee P

Nothing you will ever have seen or thought you could see. Creepy, enticing, goes into your soul and drags you to a new place you didn’t think you’d go to or perhaps ever leave. A film you have to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Synopsis

Les Hackel hates his life. He works a dead-end job, was just dumped by his high-maintenance girlfriend, and still lives with his nagging mom. One night, he discovers a fresh incision behind his neck. His friend Danny tells him it's a bomb, that someone has implanted one in his neck, too. And then the messages start coming in, forcing Les to carry out missions with deadly results. Les is partnered up with a series of oddball characters to commit heinous tasks. The violence escalating around him, Les pieces together the clues that reveal the horrific plans to breed a monstrous race of beings.

Director: Evan Marlowe
Producer: Kerry Finlayson
Screenwriter: Evan Marlowe
Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co: Sweet Home Films, HellBent Pictures LLC
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2024
Runtime: 1h 34m

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