Heartthrob (film)

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Heartthrob
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Directed by Chris Sivertson
Written by Chris Sivertson
Produced byAimée Flaherty
John Hermann
Michael Moran
Mark Myers
Starring Aubrey Peeples
Keir Gilchrist
CinematographyGreg Ephraim
Edited byBen La Marca
Music by Jim Dooley
Production
company
Citizen Skull Productions
Release date
June 27, 2017
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Heartthrob is a 2017 American thriller film written and directed by Chris Sivertson. It stars Keir Gilchrist as Henry and Aubrey Peeples as Samantha, who form a relationship after a chance meeting. However, things go downhill as Henry's infatuation with Samantha turns dark.

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Plot

Shortly after high school graduation, Henry (Keir Gilchrist), the shy valedictorian, encounters Samantha (Aubrey Peeples), who suffers from a reputation as a bimbo at school.

They argue at first about their preconceptions of each other, but later Henry apologizes and offers Samantha a ride home when her shift at work ends. He is overjoyed to find romance with her, but is incensed by the knowledge of her past relations with others and kills one of her former lovers.

Henry is accepted to MIT, the university of choice of his domineering mother, but he drops out to stay in town with Samantha, who has been warned about his obsessive behavior and who breaks up with him to allow him to attend the better university.

Henry is convinced she is being pressured into leaving him and targets those he believes are responsible. He kills her close friend Dustin and then proceeds to call Samantha and tell her that he had worked things out with MIT, and invites her to his house to celebrate.

While eating a homemade dinner there, she hears a thumping from an upstairs bedroom and discovers Henry's mother tied to a chair. Henry pulls out a knife and offers to either release his mother or kill her to solve their relationship problems, admitting that he was responsible for Dustin's death.

Samantha convinces him to release his mother, who escapes out his bedroom window and runs from the house screaming for help. Henry begs Samantha to run away with him but she refuses. Realizing that Samantha is different in the way that she doesn't need anyone, and also content with the fact that she loved him, he says one final "I love you" and stabs himself in the chest, dying on the spot.

Two days after his death Samantha receives Henry's journal in the mail. She decides to keep it a secret and thinks back to all the time they spent together. Her shrink says that the relationship was unhealthy, and even though she accepts it, she knows that Henry truly loved her and saw her differently than everyone else.

The movie ends with Samantha sitting on the floor of the skating ring, where Henry brought her to on their first date. She then says "I love you, Henry," something which she deeply regrets not saying to him when he was alive.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Tacoma, Washington. [1]

Release

The film had a limited release in the United States on June 27, 2017.

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References

  1. "Tacoma thriller mixes Hollywood stars and locals".