Founders Day

Name: Founders Day
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Released: January 19, 2024
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Amy Hargreaves, Andrew Stewart-Jones, Catherine Curtin, Devin Druid, Emilia McCarthy

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Dark Sky Films | Release Date: January 19, 2024 | R

Starring: Amy Hargreaves, Andrew Stewart-Jones, Catherine Curtin, Devin Druid, Emilia McCarthy, Jayce Bartok, Naomi Grace, Olivia Nikkanen, Tyler James White, William Russ

Summary: A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Director: Erik Bloomquist

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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Bobby LePire

Jan 16, 2024

The screenplay has a lot it wants to say and does so in a fun, murderous way lined with wicked humor. All the actors understood the assignment and successfully pull off their roles. Read full review

Matthew Jackson

Jan 18, 2024

If you’re not a slasher nerd, don’t worry, this entertaining, wicked little movie can still win you over, even if it might take you a little longer to find its particular groove. Read full review

Matt Donato

Jan 18, 2024

Erik Bloomquist’s direction is composed, and his co-written screenplay with Carson plays on politician-slamming themes, yet Founders Day is still a second-tier slasher that crosses too many plotlines in an overly complicated small-town massacre. Read full review

Screen Rant Mae Abdulbaki

Jan 18, 2024

With a premise worth engaging with, the film can’t quite grasp what its full intentions are and the execution reflects that. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jan 19, 2024

A couple of pedal-to-the-floor melodramatic twists suggest that “Founders Days” might’ve been a bolder or just meaner genre movie, but its toothless satire, like its timid horror drama, sadly doesn’t cut it. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 17, 2024

If you're going to dig the same shallow grave for the thousandth time, at least have the verve of Eli Roth's shamelessly fun Thanksgiving – or at least make sure the entire cast knows if you're going for tension or comedy. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jan 20, 2024

There are enough formulaic elements, especially teens meeting gory deaths, to keep undiscerning viewers in their seats. But the script (co-written by Erik and sibling Carson) stumbles in its climactic revelations, with an even worse epilogue bound to send patrons out rolling their eyes in unamused disbelief. Read full review

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