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Crush the Skull

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A pair of thieves become trapped in a serial killer's house.
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Critics Reviews

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Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 05/12/2016
Easily the most thrilling thriller in recent memory, "Crush the Skull" seems destined for cult status. Go to Full Review
Eve Tushnet Patheos 05/17/2021
The characters are fantastic. They're the reason to watch. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/05/2016
B-
Clever black comedy horror-crime thriller. Go to Full Review
Timothy Tau The Playlist 06/15/2016
B+
Extremely entertaining and well-crafted, Crush The Skull promises a bright future in genre films for Nguyen. Go to Full Review
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 05/14/2016
B
Featuring artful photography tightly edited by its director..."Crush the Skull" is far worthier of your time than most of what passes for commercial comedy these days - if you can take some splatter. Go to Full Review
Maitland McDonagh Film Journal International 05/11/2016
A sharp offering that should send savvy horror fans home happy. Go to Full Review
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02/07/2021 Great plot but most of the movie might as well as been on the radio. See more 12/16/2020 Easily the second worst movie I've ever seen. See more 04/02/2020 This was way better than it had any right to be. The shit title misleads one into thinking that this will be some cheesy gorey B- bullshit. Not so. The title is the only part of the movie that lacked creativity. The pacing was great and it's sharp turns will solidly written. The humour was just enough and, while it didn't take itself too seriously, managed to give it's charactres enough depth to make us want them make it through. FX were solid and visceral (the spatter in the opening scene was wrenching) but never relies on gore. Great solid story and look forward to see what this crew does next. See more 10/03/2019 Terrible. Just awful. Wasn't scary when it was trying to be scary and wasn't funny when it was clearly trying to be funny. Acting was just as bad. Watched more like a high school indie flick on a $5000 budget. See more 07/25/2019 Pretty entertaining and a little funny. It was alright but nothing great or that different from your average horror. See more the s 04/18/2019 There's suspension of disbelief and then there's just downright absurdity. There's smart humor and lowest common denominator drivel. This movie unfortunately falls into the latter categories on both of those. There's nothing really clever or funny about the movie. It ends up being just a random series of unbelievable events, one after another coupled with bad acting. Of course it has positive reviews on Amazon...this movie is perfect for that crowd; to anyone with standards and for viewers who aren't willing to waste their time, this is one to miss. And just read the critical reviews where one critic suggested it was bound for cult status...yeah that didn't happen and with very good reason. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A pair of thieves become trapped in a serial killer's house.
Director
Viet Nguyen
Producer
Jimmy Tsai, Aya Tanimura
Screenwriter
Viet Nguyen, Chris Dinh
Genre
Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 17, 2016
Runtime
1h 20m
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