Cheap Thrills (2013)

Directed by

E. L. Katz

Genre

comedy film, action film, comedy thriller

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

18

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 456 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two down-on-their-luck friends meet a wealthy couple at a bar. The couple offers them money to complete a series of increasingly degrading and dangerous challenges. The friends compete against each other as the stakes rise.

tensedarkly comicunsettlingbleakfast-pacedcringeysuspensefulcynical

What happens

Cheap Thrills is a 2013 American black comedy thriller film directed by E. L. Katz in his directorial debut. It stars Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, Ethan Embry and David Koechner. The film follows two friends competing in a series of challenges worth different amounts of money given by a rich couple. It premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 8, 2013, and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment. It was released on March 21, 2014, in the United States. Cheap Thrills received generally positive reviews from critics but was a box-office bomb, grossing $59,424 against a $100,000 budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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