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Don't Kill It

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When an ancient evil is unleashed in a small Mississippi town, it leaves a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter (Dolph Lundgren) who has faced this terror before. With the help of a reluctant FBI agent (Kristina Klebe), he must figure out how to destroy a demon that has the ability to possess its killer.
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Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 03/03/2017
Even when Don't Kill It veers toward the ordinary, Lundgren is there with his lived-in face and playful eyes, waiting as ever to spring into action. It's great to see him in a fun movie again. Go to Full Review
Michael Nordine Village Voice 03/01/2017
Anyone hoping for more than a VOD time-killer that's occasionally in on the joke of its own ridiculousness is barking up the wrong tree. Go to Full Review
Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle 02/28/2017
In the perfectly self-aware Lundgren, [Mendez] has his perfect muse/foil for his brand of smartly/silly horror spoof. Go to Full Review
Mikel Zorrilla Espinof 11/11/2020
3.5/5
A surprisingly fun engagement. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed 04/18/2020
4.5/5
This film is for fans of enjoyable horror films who do not need to be scared shitless all the time to enjoy a film and who appreciate a bit of humor with their blood and guts. Go to Full Review
Ed Travis Cinapse 12/08/2018
Don't Kill It is the very definition of the Sam-Raimi-coined "Spook-a-blast". Go to Full Review
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DanTheMan 2 01/19/2024 As someone who doesn't really like a lot of modern B-movies, Don't Kill It is surprisingly one of the better ones I've seen, granted it was automatically going to win points simply for having Dolph Lundgren as a demon hunter who wears a duster hat. It's perfectly self-aware and even when the film veers toward the ordinary, Lundgren is there with his lived-in face and playful eyes, waiting as ever to spring into action. It's a return to 80s splatter fest horror movies, with minimal scares but plenty of blood, guts and gore-soaked laughs. Its tongue planted firmly within its cheek and doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't, Don't Kill It sees not just Lundgren having fun with his role, but plenty of DIY insanity that feels very much in the realm of early Sam Raimi. See more 08/05/2022 Dolph Lundgren plays Jebediah, a rough and tough hombre who's hunting an ancient demon that was inadvertently set loose where it inhabits a host body and that host becomes deadly. Once killed it inhabits the person who killed its previous host. So he reluctantly teams with an FBI agent played by Kristina Klebbe to try to capture it and lock it away. Pretty fun action/horror with plenty of carnage and Lundgren charm. See more @Loonsan 10/11/2021 Not sure why top critics think it's fresh, I'm with the audience; it's stings. See more 12/03/2020 So yea...terrible. But Dolph Lundgren!!! The script may have been written by my 12 year old niece, the effects created by her 8 year old brother, and the directing could have been accomplished by my long dead grandfather. It was...SO bad. Bad enough that I created an account to write my thoughts on the thing. You know how some movies are bad enough that dial goes past 'bad' on the scale and has enough horrible momentum to keep spinning back up to 'great'? This one just kept going until the dial fell off...but before it finally bit the dust, it hit 'gawd awful' one last time. That said: #DolphLundgrenForPresident #ThisGarbageNeedsASequel See more 06/08/2020 Never was a big fan of Dolph but he was great; he definitely carried the movie to a higher level. There were a lot of quirky characters in this movie contrasted to 2 dimensional personalities in most B movies. I don't consider this a B movie, though. Watchable and rewatchable. See more 11/15/2019 Don’t kill it tries to be like Sam Rami would’ve made 20 years ago but it fall short. The acting is awful, the movie is too short, and there really isn’t a whole lot of killings until the end. It’s cheesy and ridiculous. Some fun can be had with this movie but overall doesn’t really do but I was hoping for it to do. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When an ancient evil is unleashed in a small Mississippi town, it leaves a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter (Dolph Lundgren) who has faced this terror before. With the help of a reluctant FBI agent (Kristina Klebe), he must figure out how to destroy a demon that has the ability to possess its killer.
Director
Mike Mendez
Producer
Scott Martin, Robert Yocum, Michael Thomas Slifkin
Screenwriter
Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Distributor
Archstone Distribution
Production Co
Burning Sky Films, Archstone Pictures, Bottom Line Entertainment, Eyevox
Genre
Horror, Fantasy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 33m
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