Suburban Gothic (film)
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Richard Bates Jr. Music director Michl Britsch Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Horror, Romance Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date July 19, 2014 (2014-07-19) (Fantasia International Film Festival) Writer Richard Bates Jr., Mark Bruner Screenplay Richard Bates Jr., Mark Bruner Cast Matthew Gray Gubler (Raymond), Ray Wise (Donald), Kat Dennings (Becca), Sally Kirkland (Virginia), Jeffrey Combs (Dr. Carpenter), John Waters (Cornelius)Similar movies Blade , Django Unchained , Case 39 , 28 Weeks Later , Casper , Black Devil Doll from Hell Tagline This dead end town just got a lot deader. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suburban gothic official trailer 1 2014 john waters kat dennings horror comedy hd
Suburban Gothic is a 2014 American comedy horror film directed by Richard Bates Jr. It had its world premiere on July 19, 2014 at the Fantasia International Film Festival and stars Matthew Gray Gubler as a young man who returns home only to find himself faced with the supernatural. The film was released in select theaters and via video on demand platforms on January 30, 2015.
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- Suburban gothic official trailer 1 2014 john waters kat dennings horror comedy hd
- Synopsis
- Cast
- Reception
- References
Synopsis
Unable to find a job that utilizes his new MBA, Raymond (Matthew Gray Gubler) is forced to move back home to live with his parents. His mother Eve (Barbara Niven) is ecstatic about this and can't wait for him to arrive, while his father Donald (Ray Wise) believes Raymond to be a complete and utter disappointment and frequently berates him about this. To make matters worse, it seems that most of his high school classmates stayed in town and none of them are willing to let him forget that he was previously an overweight loser with a belief in the paranormal. Raymond does manage to connect with his former classmate Becca (Kat Dennings), who works as a local bartender. Things take a turn for the strange when the body of a young girl is unearthed in his parents' backyard during some construction, which ends up awakening a spirit intent on harvesting the souls of everyone in the town.
Cast
Reception
Critical reception for Suburban Gothic has been predominantly positive. Frequent elements of praise centered upon the film's acting and script, which Film School Rejects cited as a highlight. Shock Till You Drop gave a predominantly positive review, but commented that they would like to see Bates "drop the humor and go right for the throat with a scary haunted house film or supernatural thriller." The Hollywood Reporter was more negative in their review, criticizing it for "[running] out of steam in its second half" and stating that the romance between Gubler and Dennings was unsatisfying and that "The perfunctory resolution to their would-be romance is no more gratifying than a climax in which both spirit-world drama and Raymond's domestic conflict are wrapped up in a single tidy event."
At Screamfest 2014, Gubler received an award for Best Actor for his performance.
References
Suburban Gothic (film) WikipediaSuburban Gothic (film) IMDb Suburban Gothic (film) themoviedb.org