A Horrible Way to Die

Japan, United States, 2010

Thriller, Horror

Synopsis

When a serial killer escapes from prison, the dangerous past of a young woman dealing with alcoholic rehab quickly begins to catch up with her.

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A Horrible Way to Die Directed by Adam Wingard

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Awards & Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival

2010

Stockholm International Film Festival

2010

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Cast & Crew

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What are people saying?

FailedImitator's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
FailedImitator

Way too many out of focus transitions and fade to blacks. It just seems very lazy to me. And the story itself has a lot of holes. Having said that, I'll watch Amy Seimetz in anything. She's like a cross between Sarah and Greta Gerwig. Then again, maybe not.
April 18, 2013 06:46
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Tyler Aikens's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
Tyler Aikens

Leaps and bounds more focused and mature than Pop Skull. An amazing slow burner of a thriller, though the ending could have been better. Seimetz really makes this film take off.
September 13, 2011 06:33
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Hayzeus's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
Hayzeus

Amy Seimetz and A.J. Bowen are phenomenal in this and alongside a pretty good twist at the end - almost salvage this mess of a movie. This flick would've worked a lot better if Wingard played it straight. I really don't understand the decision to mess with the focus incessantly and have the handheld cam shake all over the place, it was totally unnecessary, the aesthetic added nothing to the theme of the movie.
July 23, 2013 06:32
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Westley's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
Westley

Very creepy mood piece. I liked the style of the camerawork, editing and music. It does have one flaw in the narrative that kind of took me out of film though: (*SPOILER*) Why wouldn't Sarah ask the police, or the FBI, for protection once she knew that Garrick was in town following her? Why would she go to a cabin in the woods instead of calling the police? Seemed like bad writing just to move the plot forward.
December 23, 2012 07:24
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davehalb's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
davehalb

This is a terrible trick of a film. Would you expect a mumblecore drama based on this title? Because that’s what this is. I haven’t seen many mumblecore films but I’ve seen enough to know that I’m not a fan of it. And if the genre can’t be improved by adding a serial killer murdering his way across the country, I don’t think it has any business existing.
September 27, 2012 07:18
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A-N-T-O-I-N-E's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
A-N-T-O-I-N-E

Un bon essai pour se démarquer des autres films d'horreur mais je ne peux pas dire que j'ai apprécié. Le revirement final est assez original mais il sombre rapidement dans le grotesque. La façon de filmer un peu à-la-von-trier ne m'a pas dérangé, j'ai trouvé que ça «coulait» bien et l'acting était quand même okay.
October 31, 2012 05:55
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rllr's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
rllr

Every sequence starts or ends with a blurry medium shot and that was SUCH a major turn-off I barely made it through the film, but the way the story developed was pretty satisfactory.
May 19, 2012 10:03
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kartina obskura's rating of the film A Horrible Way to Die
kartina obskura

i think it´s awesome!
July 24, 2015 23:15
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