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Don't Kill It

2016Movie1 h 23 min

73

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73

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Summary

Demon hunter Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.

Good for

Friends night
Party vibe
Teens

Skip it if

Graphic violence bothers you
You scare easily

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Keeps you on edge.
Gets your pulse racing.
Scares you.
Leaves you shaken.

Not for warmth, comfort or romance.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+41)
Critics 93Audiences 52GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer93%
User score6.0
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings2.7/5
IMDb5.2
Audience score40%
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −25 min on the typical 108
typical 10883
Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 33 countries, rent or buy in 18 more
+23
Released
2016
August 27, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
ActionFantasyHorror
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
ViolenceStrong
Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
Frightening scenesStrong
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 27
Directing · 3
Mike Mendez Director
Natalie Metzger Second Assistant Director
Joe Bohn First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Robert Olsen Writer, Co-Producer
Dan Berk Screenplay, Co-Producer
Production · 13
Dolph Lundgren Executive Producer
Braden Bowen Executive Producer
Gregory Hotz Executive Producer
Craig Albrecht Executive Producer
Scott Martin Producer
Robert Yocum Producer
Camera · 2
Jan-Michael Losada Director of Photography
Dean Smollar Camera Operator
Sound · 4
Juliette Beavan Music
Sean Beavan Music
Brett Bach Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marco Augusto Comba Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 2
Dawn R. Ferry Production Design
Kinta B. Thompson Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 7
Toby Bronson Costume Design
Robert Kurtzman Makeup Department Head
Alan Tuskes Makeup Supervisor
Christy Hebert Costume Designer
Shan Williams Key Hair Stylist
Natalie Christine Johnson Makeup Department Head
Lighting · 1
Joseph Kucera Gaffer
Other crew · 9
Eddie J. Fernandez Stunt Coordinator
Emily Brobst Stunt Double
Michael Aaron Milligan Stunts
Tony Messenger Stunts
Jasi Cotton Lanier Stunts
Daniel Maldonado Stunt Driver

Tropes

Walking Armoryin 77 titlesWoodley carries quite a few weapons: A revolver with rubber bullets, a three-balled bola, a whip with two shrunken heads attached, a net gun, and a couple traps.Heroic Suicidein 254 titlesThe only way to capture the demon is to ensure your own death, then kill the host; the demon then has nowhere to go and can be contained.All 36 tropes

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