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Scary Movies 7
October 31 - November 6, 2013
New York Premiere!
In this darkly hilarious and terrifying portrait of the extremes down-on-their-luck people will go to for quick cash, an innocent evening of boozy fun devolves into a series of increasingly disturbed “games.”
New York Premiere!
Just when it seems like his day couldn’t possibly get any worse—he’s already been served with an eviction notice and laid off—new-dad Craig (Pat Healy) and an old schoolmate (Ethan Embry) are approached at a bar by a pair of filthy-rich thrill-seekers (David Koechner and Sara Paxton) looking to spice up their anniversary celebrations. What begins as a night of innocent enough boozy fun devolves into a series of increasingly disturbed “games.” While not a horror film in the conventional sense, this memorably twisted and darkly hilarious portrait of the extremes to which down-on-their-luck people will go for quick cash is actually quite terrifying. A Drafthouse Films release.
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