Destroy All Neighbors

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Destroy All Neighbors
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Promotional release poster
Directed byJosh Forbes
Written by
  • Mike Benner
  • Jared Logan
  • Charles A. Pieper
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyWill Stone
Edited byHank Friedmann
Music by
  • Ryan Kattner
  • Brett Morris
Production
companies
Distributed byRLJE Films
Shudder
Release date
  • January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Destroy All Neighbors is a 2024 American splatter horror comedy film written by Mike Benner, Jared Logan and Charles A. Pieper and directed by Josh Forbes. Jonah Ray, Randee Heller, Pete Ploszek, Kiran Deol are the stars of the film with Russell Sanzgiri, Jonah Ray and Alex Winter serving as a producers. [2] The film is about a rock musician who accidentally killed his neighbor. [3]

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Plot

Struggling prog-rock musician William Brown (Jonah Ray) has a new neighbor that moves into his apartment building: Vlad (Alex Winter), an Eastern-European man who is a "neighbor from hell", constantly screaming and playing loud EDM at all hours. William confronts Vlad, and through an unfortunate series of events, ends up accidentally murdering him. Eventually, he ends up murdering all of his neighbors and a homeless man, who all come back to him as ghosts. They form a band and finish Williams album, which he has been working on for 3 years.

Cast

Production

The film production and casting was started in July 2022, and announced that Shudder and RLJE Films will distribute the film. [4]

Release

Shudder distributed the film and released on January 12, 2024. [5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 70% of 27 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. [6] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [7]

Kim Newman of Empire gave the film a rating of 3 over 5 and wrote, The only film you'll see this year with a limbless torso playing drums with animated entrails, this wickedly witty take on the seamy side of creative ambition is well worth a spin. [8]

2.5 over 5 rating was given by Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting and she said, Those on its wavelength won't mind the rough edges or underdeveloped themes in this raucous comedy filled with enough moments and character beats to compensate. But the flaws will only become more evident if this type of humor isn't for you. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS". alexwinter.com. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ Paur, Joey (May 12, 2022). "Alex Winter is Set To Star in a New Horror Comedy DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS". Geektyrant. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ Boccella, Maggie (January 19, 2024). "The 'Destroy All Neighbors' Team Calls the Film a "Stupid Thing Taken Seriously"". Collider . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  4. ↑ Complex, Valerie (May 10, 2022). "AMC Networks' Shudder Streaming Service Partners With RLJE Films For Horror Film 'Destroy All Neighbors'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  5. ↑ Navarro, Meagan (December 14, 2023). "'Destroy All Neighbors' Trailer – Shudder's Splatter-Comedy Promises a Wild, Gory Ride". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Destroy All Neighbors (RT)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Destroy All Neighbors - critic reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ Newman, Kim (January 16, 2024). "Destroy All Neighbors Review". Empire . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  9. ↑ Navarro, Meagan (January 12, 2024). "'Destroy All Neighbors' Review – Scrappy Splatter-Comedy Leans Heavily on the Humor". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved April 12, 2024.
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