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Await Further Instructions

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Await Further Instructions

Released Oct 5, 2018

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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On Christmas Day, a family wakes up to find a mysterious black substance surrounding its house, and its TV screen broadcasts a single message: Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions.

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A yuletide nightmare full of familial angst and slithering scares, Await Further Instructions is a genre treat that pretty much any horror fan will want in their stocking.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

There's armrest-clutching brilliance in the way this sweatily tense low-budget British horror lays out a family Christmas from hell, and then cranks it up into something truly gruesome.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 5, 2018

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Johnny Oleksinski

New York Post

This British sci-fi thriller is like the violent offspring of "Black Mirror."

Rated: 3/4

Oct 6, 2018

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

An important subject doesn't necessarily make for a thrilling satire/social critique and Kevorkian and Williams simply aren't outlandish enough to land their half-baked ideas about television's dominating influence.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 5, 2018

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Alix Turner

Ready Steady Cut

A typical modern family gathers for Christmas, full of nostalgia and bickering. They wake on Christmas morning to find they are unable to leave. At last: a great Christmas horror film from the UK.

Rated: 4.5/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

This 2018 horror flick takes a terrific premise and turns it into a long Facebook comment from your most unreflective progressive friend.

Mar 26, 2020

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

Despite its amalgam of styles and influences, Await Further Instructions transcends mere pastiche, adding a unique wrinkle to otherwise familiar terrain.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 16, 2019

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Jim S

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The characters are written so paper-thin they don't deserve to be called stereotypes or caricatures. The acting is uniformly bad. The plot is so stupid. The effects are awful. Save your time. Watch anything...*ANYTHING* else.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Faz S

1 1/2 hours that I will never get back…….should have stuck with my original plan of ironing my shirts or watching paint dry!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/19/24

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Music Videos I

Without question one of the worst films I've ever seen. Whoever wrote the script for this must have had a lobotomy. The characters are so generic it's farcical. How do films like this ever get made? Who looked at this trash and thought "yeah sounds like a hit to me"? Everyone associated with this film should be embarrassed, because that's what everything about this film is…. An embarrassment.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Squire S

Almost unbelievably prophetic film predicting the thing that arrived on earth in 2020 and showing the psychological and spiritual forces at work. Part incredibly accurate predictions of what was to come in terms of lockdown and if not forced, at least coerced vaccinations and unquestioned obedience to the perceived authority of the media and part allegory showing the relentless psychic attack that we came under in the period 2020 to the present. Obviously an uncomfortable truth hard for many to swallow is contained in this amazing film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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Jonathan D

Mostly uninteresting characters with a slow buildup for little payout. Plenty of mystery that had no real purpose or satisfying resolution. A fairly forgettable film.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Emilliano Jr S

An ok yuletide brit horror. Atleast a back story on the monster would be more than ok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/06/23

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Synopsis

On Christmas Day, a family wakes up to find a mysterious black substance surrounding its house, and its TV screen broadcasts a single message: Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions.

Director: Johnny Kevorkian
Producer: Alan Latham, Jack Tarling
Screenwriter: Gavin Williams
Distributor: Dark Sky Films
Production Co: Dark Sky Films, Goldfinch Studios, Shudder Films
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 5, 2018
Runtime: 1h 31m

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