The Curse of Downers Grove
Seen it?2015 | 89 min | Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, 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
- Great for people who love a good growing-up story and anyone who likes their monsters enormous. It gets the awkwardness and the high stakes of being young. If you loved Scream or It Follows, start here. The scale is huge: humanity is very much the underdog.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Builds dread steadily, at 1 hr 29 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Not ideal if you just want to unwind.
The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
15% on Rotten Tomatoes, 31 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 16K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Derick Martini
- Bella HeathcoteChrissie Swanson
- Lucas TillBobby
- Helen SlaterDiane
- Penelope MitchellTracy
- Mark L. YoungIan
- Zane HoltzGuy
- Tom ArnoldCharlie
- Kevin ZegersChuck
- Martin SpanjersDavid
- Jeff StaronEzra