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Poster for Cookers

2001 | 96 min | Drama, Horror

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

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