The Culling
The Culling
NR | 15 March 2015 (USA)
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Five college pals head out of town for a fun weekend, but plans quickly change after they encounter a strange 7-year old girl at an abandoned roadside cafe and offer to drive her home - and come face to face with evil incarnate.

Reviews
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
garylaatsch there is a difference between a Box Office "SLEEPER" and a "SLEEPER", this was a sleeper....after 30 to 40 minutes I was still waiting for something "horrifying" to happen other than a deep growl from somewhere in the house and field. BAD BAD movie. don't waste 90 minutes of your life on this thing, I didn't make it thru the movie so I have no idea how it ended. maybe the all died, maybe they didn't. PS: for being made in 2015, would any young couple leave their 8 or 9 year old daughter with a bunch of drunken-high college students???? I think not...I actually think this wasn't the result of bad acting, just a very very poor script. If I was these actors and actresses I would attempt to get this movie put in the Hollywood catacombs and purged from the "APPEARED IN" list.
GL84 Traveling to a music festival, a group of friends returning a young girl home to her parents' house brings them into contact with a ravenous supernatural entity and must find their connection to the family in order to get away alive.This one wasn't all that bad and did have some enjoyable parts to it. One of the best parts here is the fact that there's a rather creepy air to it that does make things far more chilling than expected. Though it takes awhile, the scenes of the group walking through the house in the darkened hallways and hearing the strange noises throughout here before the eventual meeting with the parents that begins all sorts of fun in here. Hearing the voices over the baby monitor and the phantom accident makes for a stellar introduction to the fun here where it leaves them isolated in the house. These here become much more fun as the rattling furniture and unseen possession upstairs kicks this nicely along while providing some rather enjoyable set-ups with the growing realization of what's happening as they begin being assaulted by all sorts of paranormal actions which includes the fun of the car crash out in the city streets, the basement pit full of burnt dolls and the various supernatural entities found within the house that it makes for a great sense of atmosphere here. Even with this kind of cliché action leading through the finale where they begin chasing each other throughout the area, there's some frenetic action on display with the way the escape attempts are laid out which gives this a somewhat fun and enjoyable finish here. These here all manage to make this one enjoyable enough over it's few minor flaws. Among the main things with this one is the fact that there's just so little time here with this one that it really manages to come off as too rushed and hurried at times. The opening meeting with the girl and getting to her house is way too quick and done with rather quickly, then it stretches out them hanging around before the accident and kinds of stuff starts in from there which leads to a rather disjointed and rather messily-plotted with the rather start/stop nature of the pace. There's also the other problem here of managing to go for the rather traditional and cliché manner of the finale here which is pretty predictable and not all that surprising which gives this one quite a familiar ring to it at times whether it's really intentional or not. It does take a lot of the tension out of the potential tension out of the finish here going for this rather simplistic and giveaway route, and all told these here do manage to hold this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, children-in-jeopardy and some drug use.
chrismackey1972 Yawn. There was nothing new, and I wasn't drawn in by the characters or the storyline.I know some have criticized the acting, but I didn't see anything wrong with it. I've seen better, but I've also seen far worse acting in horror movies.The storyline wasn't original. It doesn't necessarily have to be. I've seen plenty of recycled story lines, but the execution of this was just...yawn. The kids should've thought something was amiss when the parents run to the doctor and leave their little girl in the care of people THEY DON'T KNOW! Even stranger, the stupid kids accept that responsibility. The story wasn't awful, just boring. I know some can look at those as being one in the same.I will say Elizabeth Di Prinzio and Chris Coy did good acting in their roles. Di Prinzio was the lead, so you have to hope she can act at least a little. She brought the right amount of emotion to her scenes. Coy was good in his role. This was, however, a step down from his role of Martin in The Walking Dead.The CGI monster at the end was silly. He was only there for about two seconds. It's just as well it was for such a short time. It was poorly done.I don't recommend, unless you have the need to see every horror movie out there. When voting commences on this, I'll give it a 4-star rating.
jtungsten16 I loved this movie! This little gem came as a complete suprize, it stars Jeremy Sumpter, who I'm a huge fan of and Linsey Godfrey and Harley Graham who I know from The Bold And The Beautiful. The culling will keep you on the edge of your seat as you wonder what is it with this little girl? I totally recommend this movie It is an easy watch as it will keep you entertained until the last frame. I am a huge fan of horror and this is a great horror film please give The Culling a watch you will be glad you did! I hope 2015 finds horror fans happy and healthy and in the store buying The Culling