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27 (2016)

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Original title
31
Directed by
Rob Zombie
Genre
action film, independent film, horror film, slasher film, splatter film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 863 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1976, a group of carnival workers are kidnapped by murderous clowns. They are forced into a deadly game where they must survive for twelve hours in a maze or be tortured and killed.

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What happens

31 is a 2016 American action horror film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Meg Foster, Richard Brake, Jane Carr, Judy Geeson, E.G. Daily, and Malcolm McDowell. A period piece set in 1976, the film is about five carnies, who are kidnapped by a gang of homicidal clowns called "The Heads". The carnies are forced to play a survival game called "31", where they are chased by the clowns through a maze of rooms for over 12 hours. The penalty for capture is torture and murder, while bets are placed on the carnies' progress. The film was crowdfunded online twice at fanbacked.com. At a test screening, Zombie compared 31 to his 2005 film The Devil's Rejects. It received mixed reviews, with multiple critics deeming it unoriginal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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