Dark Match (2024)

Directed by

Lowell Dean

Genre

slasher film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1980s independent wrestling promotion gets caught in a deadly match. The wrestlers face off against a cult led by a former wrestler. It is a slasher film set in the wrestling world.

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What happens

Dark Match is a 2024 Canadian slasher film written and directed by Lowell Dean, starring Ayisha Issa, Steven Ogg, Sara Canning, and Chris Jericho. Set in the late 1980s, the film follows SAW, an independent wrestling promotion where Nicky, known as Miss Behave, ignites a bitter rivalry with the popular Kate the Great. Meanwhile, aging wrestler and manager Joe Lean becomes involved in a dangerous one-night event staged in a remote village by a promoter working with cultists led by The Prophet, a former wrestler with a troubled past. Dark Match premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in July 2024 and was released theatrically on January 31, 2025. The film received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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