Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

The Day

Play trailer Poster for The Day R,  2012,  1h 30m,  Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 31% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 28% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
31% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 28% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Ten years after the collapse of society, five survivors of the apocalypse battle raging cannibals at an isolated farmhouse.

Critics Reviews

View More
Farran Smith Nehme New York Post Aug 31, 2012
1.5/4
The film feels unbelievably long at 84 minutes, and the color-drained, hand-held cinematography serves only as a reminder of just how good "Night of the Living Dead" really was. Go to Full Review
Joel Arnold NPR Aug 30, 2012
A savage B-movie thriller with unrealized aspirations to profundity ... Go to Full Review
Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic Aug 29, 2012
3/5
Every day is gloomy in "The Day," Douglas Aarniokoski's film with a creepy, paranoid atmosphere that's more effective than the performances. Go to Full Review
Jack Fleischer Battleship Pretension Mar 22, 2021
This Day feels like an MTV spin-off of The Road. With a near monochrome color pallet, and scenes of intense action and violence it never seems to offer substance with it's style. Go to Full Review
Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus Apr 1, 2020
The script will keep you engaged in this solitary place. The relationships built among this family of survivors feels real and tested. And the events of the film bring out interesting and violent changes in the family. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Dec 6, 2012
Could definitely have benefited from twenty more minutes of story. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Oct 25, 2017 A bunch of people the writing couldn't make me care about got killed. I only give it 2 stars because I feel bad for the guys who made it. See more
Kylo M Jun 16, 2017 Ten years after the collapse of society, five survivors (Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell) of the apocalypse battle raging cannibals at an isolated farmhouse. See more
Poe R Apr 21, 2017 Watchable but not a brilliant film i was let down by the ending
Albus R Jan 22, 2017 Okay low budget but overly self serious post apocalyptic film that is essentially a "Night of the Living Dead" style of siege film. The story has a group of survivors trapped in a house surrounded by a clan of cannibals. What drags the film down is it's pretentious self seriousness, it's lack of originality, and some major gaps in logic. The desaturated photography, surely intended to convey the starkness of an apocalyptic future, might as well have been in black and white (it may actually have been filmed in black and white with splashes of color for all I could tell). The film adaptation of "The Road" used this same approach three years earlier to a much better effect. Overall, there are worse siege films, but there are also many better one you could watch instead. If you're in the mood for scrappy low budget siege films, I'd suggest the original (but also the Tom Savini remake) of "Night of the Living Dead," "Dog Soldier" and "Assault on Precinct 13." See more
Read all reviews
The Day

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING
Exeter 24% Exeter Watchlist Hatchet III: Uncut and Unrated 59% 41% Hatchet III: Uncut and Unrated Watchlist Day of the Dead: Bloodline 11% 9% Day of the Dead: Bloodline Watchlist TRAILER for Day of the Dead: Bloodline Lust for a Vampire 33% 39% Lust for a Vampire Watchlist The Farm 17% The Farm Watchlist TRAILER for The Farm Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis Ten years after the collapse of society, five survivors of the apocalypse battle raging cannibals at an isolated farmhouse.
Director
Douglas Aarniokoski
Screenwriter
Luke Passmore
Distributor
Anchor Bay
Production Co
Guy A. Danella Productions
Rating
R (Strong Bloody Violence|Some Nudity|Pervasive Language)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 29, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$20.5K
Runtime
1h 30m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings