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The Curse of Downers Grove

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A teen (Bella Heathcote) fears that she's next in line for a curse that kills one high-school senior every year before graduation day.
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Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com 08/21/2015
1.5/4
Too dumb to be scary, too listlessly written and directed to be suspenseful and too unpleasant to work as camp ... Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 08/20/2015
It's especially unforgivable when the alleged Indian curse is only a red herring to distract viewers from the more pressing gender-based violence at hand. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety 08/20/2015
A messy hash of teen soap opera, stalker thriller and whatnot whose titular possibly-supernatural aspect is basically irrelevant. Go to Full Review
Matt Donato We Got This Covered 08/27/2015
5/10
The Curse Of Downers Grove is just another lackluster high-school-based thriller like the twenty billion that have come before it. Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Paste Magazine 08/26/2015
3.5/10
The film sets up this curse hanging over the heads of its central characters, but doesn't plumb it for lingering tension, at least as far as it relates to the actual story. Go to Full Review
Yasmin Kleinbart The Young Folks 08/25/2015
3/10
The Curse of Downer's Grove felt more like an extended episode of Pretty Little Liars rather than a horror film. Go to Full Review
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mark g 08/22/2024 No, not scary at all. However, there is some style in the direction and cinematography here. It's visually cool. Guessing the director has a videos background. Script not great, but it's not a terrible movie. See more Peter G 07/19/2024 It’s too bad this film was received so poorly because it’s a great thriller-drama that blends the essence of something supernatural with real life horrors. Not a perfect film but far under appreciated! See more 10/12/2020 Ridiculous. Teen age movie. Some teenagers. I know all teenagers are not stupid enough to watch this. See more 04/03/2018 the Best part of this movie was the 2 sandwiches I crushed while dipping both mayonnaise monsters into a steaming pile of Ketchup. Would rather play splatoon or read a hole NRA manual to be a better American then watch this shit show. See more 04/03/2018 The movies location is about all that is worth mentioning after screening this disaster. What was missing was a sickly vampire or a muscle bound meat head with 2% body fat who wears legend of Zelda shoes. The short guy in the movie who hisses at everyone and can't stop watching the syfy channel was a real asset to the show. His character could really help in the sequel. See more 04/29/2017 Sooooooo bad. So many things wrong. Just a few: no adults. no parents. no neighbors. HS girl lifting and throwing a 30 pound car battery like a candy bar. 15 year old boy being admitted to a hospital for surgery, and no one calling parents, AND he's back home in an hour or two. Multiple gunshots from a house and no one calls police. SO bad it's funny. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teen (Bella Heathcote) fears that she's next in line for a curse that kills one high-school senior every year before graduation day.
Director
Derick Martini
Producer
Chiara Trento, Oren Segal, Jason Dubin
Screenwriter
Bret Easton Ellis, Derick Martini
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co
Myriad Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 21, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 29m
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