The Gallows

Every School Has Its Spirit


The Gallows
Twenty years after an accident caused the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small town school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honour the anniversary of the tragedy... but ultimately find out that some things are better left alone.

81 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence, Horror).
Horror, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Woe is me...
Woe is me...

Credits

Cast
Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, Cassidy Gifford, Travis Cluff, Price T. Morgan, Theo Burkhardt
Director
Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing
ScreenplayTravis Cluff, Chris Lofing
MusicZach Lemmon
CinematographyEdd Lukas
EditingChris Lofing
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Made in2015
Produced byBlumhouse Productions, Management 360, New Line Cinema, Tremendum Pictures

Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreHorror
LanguageMild to moderate impact, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceStrong impact, realistic and psychological, fairly frequent
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsContains scenes of Photo or Pattern Sensitivity.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
4
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
0
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
5
Jump Scenes
4
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
3
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
1
Positive role models
0
Violence
4
Sex
2
Language
3
Consumerism
1
Drinking, drugs, smoking
0

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Die Burger
Paul Boekkooi
2
Cape Times
Stephen Farber quote iconCheesy found footage revenge flick fails.
5
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs quote iconThe people who made the new horror-thriller The Gallows really don't know how close they came to making a good movie.
7
Metacritic.com
22 critics
6
Rottentomatoes critics
83 critics
6
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconNarratively contrived and visually a mess, The Gallows sends viewers on a shaky tumble to the bottom of the found-footage horror barrel.
3
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
6
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconDumb found-footage chiller has noisy jump scares, some gore.
5

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
46 users
12
Rottentomatoes users
9404 users
8
Internet
3636 Netizens quote iconThe bare basics of horror housed in one brief, engaging horror film
9

Average .. 31%

6

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