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Lock In

2008 · 85 min

A tense, gory slasher that traps you on campus with the characters, delivering jump scares and a twist.

Tagline
They thought they were alone...they were wrong!
Overview
What promises to be a stormy night of fun, costumes, and pranks turns deadly when a group of high school seniors, who are staging an elaborate senior prank, find themselves trapped on campus, tormented by someone from the town's dark past who's returned for bloody vengeance. One by one, the students disappear until only a few remain to battle the fiendish psychopath whose identity reveals a gruesome twist that no one could have ever suspected Lock In is a perfectly terrifying homage to the gory slashers of the 80's that's sure to make you scream in delight.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • survival
  • violence
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Christopher Wesley Moore
Written by
Christopher Wesley Moore
Starring
Brittany Lynn, Taylor Rotenberry, Jean Paul Guillory, Mary Caitlin Fertitta, Geneva Torrence, Breanna Miller, Ursula Banks, Jasmine Calvert
Cinematography
P.J. Jones
Runtime
85 min
Languages
English

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