Lyle

2014

1h 5m

Drama

Horror

LGBTQ+

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100%

12 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

100+ Ratings

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Leah's grief over her toddler's death turns into paranoia when she begins to suspect her neighbors are part of a satanic cult.

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Bizarre, effective, powerful flick. And only 1 hour long.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Fine. Just Rosemary's Baby but in the 2010s basically.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Wonderfully understated deal-with-the-devil story. The clues are subtle and the characters are natural.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Just a flat out terrible movie with terrible writing and acting. How did this receive a 100?????

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Modern version of Rosemary's baby...not quite as complex and sophisticated but still good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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One of those movies that keeps you entertained and questing and then just cuts out just before a proper ending. Some great movies have no real ending but this was not one of them.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Stewart Thorndike

Director

Gaby Hoffmann

Leah

Ingrid Jungermann

June

Eleanor Hopkins

Lyle

Rebecca Street

Karen

Kim Allen

Taylor

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Kristin Russo

Autostraddle

What we get as the audience is a story told exactly as its creator intended, with a powerful complexity that lasts far past the initial hour of viewing.

May 29, 2020

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Sheri Linden

Hollywood Reporter

With a gripping performance by Gaby Hoffmann... the first feature by its writer-director is a winningly unsettling genre exercise whose style and polish belie the constraints of its microbudgeted five-day shoot.

Aug 25, 2015

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Gaby Hoffmann gives a tremendously emotional performance.

Feb 13, 2024

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Stewart Thorndike emerges as a director to watch with this unsettling, queered up version of Rosemary's Baby.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 29, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

It tackles difficult subjects, subjects few dare to cover and even fewer manage to bring forth the anguish, torture, guilt, sadness, inner turmoil, etc of a grieving mother.

Rated: 4.5/5

Apr 12, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

What could easily have spiraled into a campy marathon instead gains a remarkable semblance of engagement from its poker faced resoluteness and a committed central performance from Gaby Hoffman.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Synopsis

Leah's grief over her toddler's death turns into paranoia when she begins to suspect her neighbors are part of a satanic cult.

Director: Stewart Thorndike
Producer: Chris Kenny, Pierce Varous
Screenwriter: Stewart Thorndike
Production Co: Tacoma Films
Genre: Drama, Horror, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 5m

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