Suburban Gothic (2014)
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Duration: 90 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Richard Bates Jr.
Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings and Ray Wise
IMDb score:
5,5 (5.541)
Releasedate: 19 July 2014
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Suburban Gothic plot
"This dead end town just got a lot deader."
Raymond has a prestigious MBA degree but he cannot find a job. He has psychic abilities but talking to a nice girl is not for him. When he is evicted from his apartment, he returns to his parents. When a vengeful ghost terrorizes the town, he teams up with Becca, a tough bartender, to solve the mystery of the ghost that threatens everyone's lives.
Actors and actresses
Raymond
Donald
Becca
Virginia
Dr. Carpenter
Cornelius
Mrs. Richards
Eve
Ambrose
Hector
Reviews & comments
Richard_Voorhees
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- 2311 messages
- 2135 votes
Meh, generally my humor not so.
Only Ray Wise still manages to entertain as a testosterone-filled redneck, but Matthew Gray Gubler is almost annoying in the lead role. Kat Dennings does a lot better in that regard, but maybe a mistake by the script writers. I didn't really have the idea that her character really had any added value, except maybe some eye candy for the male audience (apologies ladies, not meant to be sexist).
In addition, the CGI effects as mentioned above are indeed not of the best quality. In that respect you can almost compare this movie with all those SyFy Channel movies.
Not funny as well as frightening and partly because of that not a successful horror/comedy as far as I'm concerned.
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Noodless
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- 10053 messages
- 6185 votes
Shockingly bad. I could not taste the humor at all and in the field of horror .... well?
The protagonist is obnoxious and what Kat Dennings is doing here is beyond me. 1 point left for her. 1/10
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Half.
From director Bates Jr. I still had Excision in mind. That movie was pretty special a year ago. In any case, Bates Jr continues his special career with this film, but in a different way. As far as I'm concerned, the result is worth the same grade.
Visually quite okay. The CGI is indeed not too good, but Bates Jr manages to compensate for this with funny sets and colorful environments. It reminded me a little bit of Blue Velvet in terms of atmosphere and environment, but more emo-like. Wouldn't surprise me if the movie got its inspiration from there.
The horror is also filled in special enough. It doesn't want to be all that scary, but it quickly manages to be. Too bad the CGI kind of wrecks it, and Bates Jr isn't very creative with the villains. This is another oops-I-released-the-ghost story.
Sometimes fun things with the horror, but the humor is questionable. Static acting by Gubler and too easy acting by Dennings. I'm getting tired of those tough guys. The moment of the poster is also such a scene that should not have been included. The humor isn't funny anyway.
It's not as trippy or crazy as Excision, by the way, visually Bates Jr holds back a bit in that area. But it is all colorful and special. Unfortunately, the horror is just a bit too tame and the humor just not that nice. Thanks to the look, I give it another 2.5*. I also think that with smoother editing and more striking use of the camera, it could have worked much better.
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