The Hoard

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The Hoard
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Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook
Matt Wiele
Written byJesse Thomas Cook
Matt Wiele
Tony Burgess
Produced byJesse Thomas Cook
Matt Wiele
John Geddes
Starring
CinematographyKarl Janisse
Edited byJesse Thomas Cook
Matt Wiele
Music by Adrian Ellis
Production
company
Foresight Features
Release date
Running time
99 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Hoard is a 2018 Canadian comedy horror film written, produced, edited, and directed by Jesse Thomas Cook and Matt Wiele. The movie was released in Owen Sound, Canada on June 15, 2018.

Contents

Plot

The adventures and struggles of a production team trying to produce the pilot for a TV reality show called "Extremely Haunted Hoarders".

Cast

Release

Reception

Anton Bitel from the British magazine SciFiNow called the movie "very, very funny", stating that "the screenplay from Burgess, Cook, and Wiele finding just the right place between smart and dumb, and turning garbage into pure gold". [1] Kat Hughes writing for "The Hollywood News" argued that the film starts well, but finishes badly, saying: "The Hoard starts well, but ultimately gets lost in silliness. If you’re a fan of a certain brand of comedy then you’ll have the time of your life, otherwise you may find the whole affair rather unsavoury." [2] Jennie Kermode from the website "Eye for Film" didn't like the film at all, giving it 2.5 stars out of 5 and writing: "The Hoard is, in many ways, a victim of its own success. It captures the in-your-face style of hoarding programmes perfectly but it's 96 minutes long with no advert breaks, and watching it quickly becomes exhausting." [3]

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References

  1. Bitel, Anton (3 March 2019). "The Hoard first look review: FrightFest Glasgow 2019". SciFiNow . Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. Hughes, Kat. "'The Hoard' Review: Dirs. Jesse Thomas Cooke & Matt Wiele (2019)". The Hollywood News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. Kermode, Jennie. "The Hoard". Eye for Film. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.