Amusement
Your Torture, Your Pain, Your Fear, His Amusement
2008 | 85m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Simpson |
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| Writer: | Jake Wade Wall |
| Staring: |
| While being interrogated by a police psychiatrist, the near-catatonic Tabitha tries to explain why she and two of her childhood friends are being hunted by a serial killer. The truth that's dying to come out weaves together three tragic secrets from their past. Two of the girls' boyfriends become unwitting targets in their deadly game. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 09, 2008 |
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| Director: | John Simpson |
| Writer: | Jake Wade Wall |
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | stalker, little girl, killer, childhood friends, vengeance |
| Production Companies | New Line Cinema, Picturehouse Entertainment, Macari/Edelstein |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $170,255
Budget: $6,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Keir O'Donnell | The Laugh |
| Tad Hilgenbrink | Rob |
| Katheryn Winnick | Tabitha |
| Laura Breckenridge | Shelby |
| Jessica Lucas | Lisa |
| Reid Scott | Dan |
| Rena Owen | Psychiatrist |
| Kevin Gage | Tryton |
| Brennan Bailey | Danny |
| Preston Bailey | Max |
| Fernanda Dorogi | Cat |
| Karley Scott Collins | Child Tabitha |
| Shauna Duggins | Woman in Truck |
| Jadin Gould | Child Shelby |
| Eyad Kurd-Misto | Child Laugh |
| Alisha Boe | Child Lisa |
| Ashley Arnold | School Girl (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Andrea Flesch | Costume Design |
| Doane Gregory | Still Photographer |
| Bryan O. Watkins | Sound Effects Editor |
| Shauna Duggins | Stunts |
| Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| John Simpson | Director |
| Johanna Ray | Casting |
| Chris G. Willingham | Editor |
| David Handman | Editor |
| Bence Erdélyi | Art Direction |
| László Bille | Camera Operator |
| Szilvia Paros | Art Department Coordinator |
| Amy Kane | Foley |
| Anita Cannella | Foley |
| Greg Baxter | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jerry Pooler | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Michael Pinkey | Additional Camera |
| Zsolt Somogyi | Transportation Coordinator |
| Gabriella Winkler | Script Supervisor |
| Paul Hackner | Dialogue Editor |
| KG Ramsey | Hair Department Head |
| László Nagyidai Jr. | Construction Manager |
| Péter Koronghy | Set Dresser |
| Norbert Orosz | Pyrotechnician |
| Craig Stearns | Production Design |
| Rob King | Stunt Coordinator |
| Matthew Spiegel | Production Supervisor |
| Gergely Kajdi | Greensman |
| Gary Gegan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David Waine | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Ariel Velasco-Shaw | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| James Lowder | Transportation Coordinator |
| Larry Garrison | Publicist |
| Gábor Ujházy | Location Manager |
| Gábor Posevitz | Property Master |
| Éva Kozma | Makeup Artist |
| Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner | Draughtsman |
| István Gittinger | Pyrotechnician |
| Gyula Krasnyánszky | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Damian Fisher | Special Effects Technician |
| Craig Cooper | Dolly Grip |
| György Horváth | First Assistant Camera |
| Zsolt Büti | Rigging Gaffer |
| Balázs Várszegi | Video Assist Operator |
| Gyula István Mózes | Assistant Editor |
| Mace Johnson | Colorist |
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Tamás Kertész | Extras Casting |
| Mihály Molnár | Art Direction |
| Miklós Tóth | Production Manager |
| Péter Kovács | Construction Coordinator |
| Mark Larry | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Corinne Pooler | Visual Effects Producer |
| Michael Joyce | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sandor Tabanyi | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Tom Goodrich | Studio Teachers |
| Mark Garrett | Director of Photography |
| Hildegard Haide | Key Makeup Artist |
| Zsolt Sajgó | Construction Manager |
| Marton Szalay | Set Dresser |
| László Pintér | Pyrotechnician |
| Veronika Dobos | Special Effects Assistant |
| Ádám Wallner | Assistant Camera |
| 'Kis Gromek' László Molnár | Electrician |
| János Kiss | Key Grip |
| Péter Rácz Tiger | Video Assist Operator |
| Mari Csáki | Dresser |
| Janó Fekete | Colorist |
| Christopher Johnston | First Assistant Editor |
| Jenny Jue | Casting Associate |
| Daniel Birnbaum | Digital Compositor |
| Matt Hennessy | Visual Effects |
| John Joyce | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jake Wade Wall | Writer |
| Lindsay MacGowan | Effects Supervisor |
| Lino Stavole | Special Effects Technician |
| Attila Bogyai | Electrician |
| György Vesztergombi | Focus Puller |
| Zoltán Dzsupin | Second Assistant Camera |
| Johnny Caruso | Music Editor |
| Mónika Matyi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Harry Muller | Color Timer |
| Mike Sowa | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Gábor Gajdos | First Assistant Director |
| Tim Fescoe | Compositor |
| Marco Recuay | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Csaba Nemesházi | Visual Effects |
| Daniel Molina | Digital Compositor |
| Morgan McDermott | Visual Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Neal Edelstein | Producer |
| Mike Macari | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
A bit of a mess but offers some _amusement_. Starts out more like a anthology horror type of movie with 3 seperate shortfilms (of sorts even though they are all very much in the same universe and get tied together after a while). The first two 'shortfilms' were good, maybe even really good. Wi ... th some genuinly creepy and well-crafted horror moments and really good cinematography. The third 'shortfilm' however, was not very good. In fact I would probably say it was mostly crap. In that one Jessica Lucas takes the lead and she (as usual perhaps) doesn't really try to do much acting and instead focuses on looking pretty. The second half where they all get tied in together, is really despite having it's moments with the solid cinematography continuing and some decent enough atmosphere is in the end very much a very messy ordeal with one plothole after the other and in the end doesn't make a whole lot of sense, if any.