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Self-Help

Play trailer Self-Help 2025,  1h 25m,  Horror/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 23 Reviews Tomatometer - - Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 23 Reviews Popcornmeter
A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.
Self-Help

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Critics Consensus

Self-Help cements director Erik Bloomquist's knack for offbeat horror, weaving together gore, humor, and familial unease into a deliriously twisted genre mashup.

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Matt Orozco Macabre Daily Jul 2, 2026
"Self-Help" is another rollercoaster ride from Erik and Carson Bloomquist that leverages familiar trappings with a chilling performance from Jake Weber.. Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views Nov 17, 2025
"Self-Help" is a Halloween holiday treat with narrative tricks that will keep movie goers guessing. "Self-Help" is worth watching if only for the bonkers opening sequence showing a young Olivia at her Halloween/birthday party at an arcade. Go to Full Review
Lee McCoy DrumDums Nov 5, 2025
7/10
Director Erik Bloomquist continues to flex his quirky style with charming, yet damaged characters in a horror landscape. The familial exploration only adds to the quality of the cultish nature of this film. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast Nov 5, 2025
2/4
A very confused movie that opens as stabby horror, shifts into cautionary cult terror, and then alternates with tacked-on gore while asking us to take seriously the lead’s path into mental wellness. Go to Full Review
Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Nov 3, 2025
B
If the climax is a bit mundane compared to what has preceded it, we’ve still been given a fair amount of roller-coaster ride. Go to Full Review
Joel Copling Spectrum Culture Nov 3, 2025
Around the time of the cliched grand finale, we realize how tedious and circular an affair Self-Help has been. Go to Full Review
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Erik Bloomquist

Director

Jake Weber

Actor

Landry Bender

Actor

Madison Lintz

Actor

Amy Hargreaves

Actor

Erik Bloomquist

Screenwriter

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman infiltrates a dangerous self-actualization community after her mother becomes entangled with its enigmatic leader.
Director
Erik Bloomquist
Producer
Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist
Screenwriter
Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist
Production Co
Mainframe Pictures
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m
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