American Carnage

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American Carnage

R,

2022,

1h 41m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Comedy

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57%

23 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

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76%

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100+ Ratings

After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility's supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old in this twisted thriller-comedy.

Critics Consensus

American Carnage is an unsubtle but intermittently sharp horror-comedy whose macabre, politically charged satire is promising yet too thinly spread to fully cohere.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Jul 15, 2022

A lively, impassioned and only slightly exaggerated take on how some people use anti-immigrant sentiment to distract from their own monstrous crimes.

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Leigh Monson

AV Club

Jul 14, 2022

B

The film doesn’t reach the stylistic or narrative highs of its obvious predecessor, but if it’s not quite Get Out, the Hallivis Brothers translate issues facing Hispanic Americans to a horror scenario well worth getting into.

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Molly Henery

The Blogging Banshee

Sep 19, 2022

7/10

American Carnage is a relevant political horror film wrapped in a satirical comedy.

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Kat Hughes

THN

Sep 16, 2022

3/5

An interesting Latino spin on Jordan Peele’s Get Out, American Carnage blends horror, comedy, and political messages to create an entertaining story with an important moral core.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Aug 7, 2022

C+

Though the film targets the right bad guys, it poorly tells its story.

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

Aug 5, 2022

2/5

For a while, it seems to be succeeding. But then the film resets itself once, and then again, and ultimately pivots far away from what it was doing well.

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Synopsis

After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility's supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old in this twisted thriller-comedy.

Director: Diego Hallivis
Screenwriter: Diego Hallivis, Julio Hallivis
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Saban Films
Rating: R (Gore|Drug Use|Some Sexual References|Language Throughout|Nudity|Some Disturbing Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 15, 2022
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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