| Cult Killer | |
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| Directed by | Jon Keeyes |
| Written by | Charles Burnley |
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| Cinematography | Austin F. Schmidt |
| Edited by | R. J. Cooper |
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| Distributed by | Saban Films |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $36,355 [1] |
Cult Killer is a 2024 American crime thriller film directed by Jon Keeyes and written by Charles Burnley, starring Alice Eve and Antonio Banderas.
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In order to discover the killer of her mentor, a young investigator forms an alliance with a serial killer. [2]
Written by Charles Burnley, it is directed by Jon Keeyes. The film originally had the working title The Last Girl. The film is produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Michael J. Rothstein for Yale, as well as Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures, and Richard Clabaugh. [3]
Alice Eve, Shelley Hennig and Antonio Banderas joined the cast in June 2022. [4]
Principal photography took place in Ireland and was completed in September 2022. [5]
The film was released in the United States on January 19, 2024. [6]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 45% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. [7]
Julian Roman of MovieWeb gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote; Cult Killer is fervently gripping and even impressively appalling despite a major flaw. There's little backbone to flimsy investigative elements. [8]
Giving the film a rating of 1.5 out of 4 Roger Moore of Movie Nation is unsatisfied and he wrote; A most peculiar Irish spree-killer thriller about the trauma of abuse, the monstrous sins of the super rich and some bizarre quirks of the Irish criminal justice system that one suspects are just clumsy inventions of the screenwriter. [9]
Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com gave the film a rating of 6 out of 10 and wrote; Thespian commitment is much better than the B-movie deserves at times, and it’s a good reason to stick with “Cult Killer,” which is absolutely disturbing, but kept in play by interesting acting. [10]
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