The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Curse of Buckout Road
Horror · 2017
A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realize the urban legends surrounding the famed Buckout Road may, in fact, be REAL.
Movie details
The Curse of Buckout Road
2017 Horror 1h 37m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realize the urban legends surrounding the famed Buckout Road may, in fact, be REAL.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Curse of Buckout Road?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Matthew Currie Holmes
Written by
Shahin Chandrasoma · Matthew Currie Holmes · Johnny Pascucci
Evan Ross
Aaron Powell
Henry Czerny
Detective Harris
Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Cleo Harris
Danny Glover
Dr. Powell
Colm Feore
Reverend Mike
Mayko Nguyen
Stephanie Hancock
Jim Watson
Derek Ganzer
Court is in session
Put The Curse of Buckout Road on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.