
Cookers
Seen it?2001 | 96 min | Drama, Horror
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among horror fans and anyone who likes a story with emotional weight, this one's for you. One to watch when you can give it your full attention.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Keeps the tension tight, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect drug use.
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
After stealing a huge stash of drugs, speed freaks Hector and Dorena plan to cook up an enormous batch of crystal meth and get rich quick. Hector's old buddy Merle has the perfect hideout/meth lab: an old, abandoned farmhouse in the woods where no one will ever find them. Unfortunately, no one will hear their screams either. Turns out, they may not be alone after all. It seems this farmhouse is the site of a horrific urban legend. Now, holed up together with nothing to do but snort, smoke and shoot up, the strung-out "cookers" fall prey to paranoia, private demons and terrifying visions which, whether they are hallucinations or hauntings, are equally terrifying and just as deadly!
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dan Mintz
- Brad HuntHector
- Cyia BattenDorena
- Patrick McGawMerle
- Paul BanashekMan in the Woods
- Ashley Ann LaPanLittle Girl
- Karole NellisOld Woman
- Frankie RayVater