Abruptio

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Abruptio

Released Sep 27

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.

Callie Hanna

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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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Kat Hughes

THN

An eerie triumph, several sequences in Abruptio are far more confronting than you would expect from a film with a cast of puppets. Overall a chilling and nightmarish trip into the decline of one man’s fate.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 9, 2023

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

Abruptio takes a while to start, and its sheer insanity will turn some people off. But that’s exactly why Marlowe’s offbeat thriller is so engaging.

Rated: 8.5/10

Aug 29, 2023

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

Watching this macabre horror film was a traumatic experience, and it’s still haunting me days later. It’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Telling the grim story with incredibly lifelike puppetry is an achievement that will leave your jaw on the floor.

Jun 5, 2023

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The most original and unique horror film that I've seen in years!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Bryan B

Watched this after seeing Christopher McDonald in it. He's one of my favorite actors of all time. Definitely recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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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: HellBent Pictures LLC, Sweet Home Films
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 34m