In Their Skin

Name: In Their Skin
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: November 9, 2012
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 50
Cast: James D'Arcy, Joshua Close, Rachel Miner, Selma Blair

2012

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IFC Films | Release Date: November 9, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: James D'Arcy, Joshua Close, Rachel Miner, Selma Blair

Summary: Following a tragic incident, Mary and Mark Hughes escape their upscale, suburban life to spend some quality time at their isolated country home. A friendly evening with neighbors is suddenly interrupted when one man’s obsession with perfection escalates into a violent struggle, forcing everyone to extreme measures in order to survive. [IFC Films]

Director: Jeremy Power Regimbal

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Frank Scheck

Apr 3, 2018

Director Regimbal does an effective job of slowly ratcheting up the tension and handling the sometimes brutal violence in a relatively restrained manner. Josh Close’s screenplay is equally nuanced, concentrating as much on the characters’ psychological complexities as the gothic thriller storyline. Read full review

Scott Wold

Apr 3, 2018

The most frustrating thing about Jeremy Power Regimbal’s directorial debut is there’s part of a very effective thriller here. It’s just not the good part. Read full review

Nick Schager

Nov 4, 2012

Winds up turning itself into just a rote thriller about psychos learning that, appearance notwithstanding, every family has dysfunctional problems. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Nov 12, 2012

An unnerving home-invasion thriller, In Their Skin has narrative bones we've certainly seen before, bearing perhaps the closest resemblance to Michael Haneke's two versions of "Funny Games." Nonetheless, the same simple premise achieves full creepy impact here without succumbing to cheap genre thrills or cool arthouse abstraction. Read full review

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Kiva

Aug 30, 2013

This is a home invasion film that need your attention. It's not that it is original or something like that, but how well made this film is from the cinematography and the direction to the actors. It is entertaining but it is a typical film of revenge and a family that tries to kill thoseThis is a home invasion film that need your attention. It's not that it is original or something like that, but how well made this film is from the cinematography and the direction to the actors. It is entertaining but it is a typical film of revenge and a family that tries to kill those people. The ending is predictable and so and so. It is good only for those things that I mentioned. I also found it strange that a kid could be that kind of a killer which was something new I have to say....… Expand

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