SummaryAs Janie recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie’s buried demons begin to surface.
Directed By:Ben Cresciman
Written By:Ben Cresciman
Sun Choke
Metascore
Mixed or Average
58
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
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14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Aug 4, 2016
100
There is much that is inexplicable and remote about Sun Choke, but those should not be read as immediate negatives, but held up as virtues. Cinema too often gives the viewer everything on a plate and then spoon feds us with details until 'we get it'.
Aug 5, 2016
75
Sun Choke is, after all, a melodrama, so you have to believe in Hagan's character. All of the impressionistic cinematography and special effects in the world couldn't save the film if you didn't care enough about Hagan's performance.
Aug 3, 2016
67
The film doesn’t always work as a genre exercise, but it’s a winner as a character study, in large part because of how committed Hagan is to playing Janie’s derangement. Casting directors in search of the offbeat should take note.
Aug 4, 2016
50
With a highly stylized form, and thick, syrupy ribbons of blood splashing everywhere, Sun Choke evokes a creepy, eerie vibe, but it’s difficult to muster more than a passing interest in the story, because we don’t know who this girl is, or why she does these things.
Aug 11, 2016
40
The plot leans toward conventional horror violence as it progresses, but Cresciman has Hogan and Crampton remain largely affectless, their blank-slate characters doing little to make us respond to the action.
Jul 26, 2016
38
It’s a psychological thriller built around two intense and graphic sex scenes, and a few other moments of expedient nudity. Mind games, stalking and graphic violence work their way in. But it’s the sex that seems to be the movie’s reason for being.
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Oct 22, 2017
6
It doesn't really pay off but it was entertaining enough.
Good performance of her lead actress, although I never heard of her before but I must admit that now I'll have my eyes on her.
Apr 22, 2017
4
Fetishistically aestheticized. You either connect with a film like this or you don't. I couldn't find meaning in any of this - not metaphor, plot, follow-through, ineffable subtextual transposability - nada connections. Barbara Crampton's specific talents are wasted here. She vamps like a classic on-the-cusp B-movie villainess while the movie lies flatly inert and passive around her. It doesn't mesh. Only Sarah Hagan survives intact.
Production Company:
- Lodger Films
- Easy Open Productions
Release Date:Aug 5, 2016
Duration:1 h 23 m
Rating:TV-MA
Tagline:There are a lot of ways this world can hurt you
Awards
Knoxville Horror Film Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
HARD:LINE Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
