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Name: Thriller
Released: 2019-3-31
Cast: Chelsea Rendon, Mitchell Edwards, Pepi Sonuga, Maestro Harrell, RZA

Thriller

NR
1h 27m
2019

40%

A cruel prank turns deadly for a clique of mischievous Compton pre-teens who blame the death of one of their own on an innocent neighborhood kid with a good heart, Chauncey Page. Four years later Chauncey returns home dangerous and menacing, seeking revenge during the local Compton High School Homecoming weekend.

Director:

Dallas Jackson, Adam Hendricks

Producer:

John Lang, Greg Gilreath, Dallas Jackson, Kenneth Rance

Cast:

Chelsea Rendon, Mitchell Edwards, Pepi Sonuga, Maestro Harrell, RZA, Mykelti Williamson, Dallas Jackson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

40%

Critics Consensus: Thriller has an appealing cast and a fresh perspective on its genre, but those elements aren't enough to outweigh a bland and predictable story.

Reviews

Chicago Reader

Atavia Reed

Jackson's, um, thrilling story often falls into the usual plot holes of classic horror tales... but the scare factor is often limited by the improbability of certain scenarios.

Like his writing, Jackson's direction is sterile, delivering tame, slasher-lite kills and matter-of-fact "thrills" with the aesthetic of an after-school special.

It's nothing we haven't seen before, plot-wise, but there are enough interesting performances and plot contortions to keep things interesting until the late-arriving mayhem hits the screen.

A worthy stab at the slasher genre, then, but with old-school slayers like Halloween's Michael Myers and Child's Play devil-doll Chucky still enjoying regular makeovers, the bogeyman bar remains too high for this underpowered effort.

A chintzy, laborious dud of a film.

December 11, 2019

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