The Crooked Man

"NO SOUL IS SAFE"

2016 1h 27m EN

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4.6

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★4.6TMDB · 46

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While at a slumber party, twelve-year-old Olivia is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend after singing a song, created by a reclusive mastermind, Milo, which summons a demonic figure known as “The Crooked Man.” Returning to her hometown six years later, a string of unusual deaths lead Olivia to believe that she’s still being haunted by whatever she saw that fateful night. Once you sing the rhyme, everyone in the house is cursed to die by his hands.

“NO SOUL IS SAFE”

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Cast

Michael Jai White
Milo
Angelique Rivera
Olivia Shaw
Cameron Jebo
Noah Palmer
Dina Meyer
Margaret
Amber Benson
Grace Hutchinson
Marco Rodríguez
Matthew Shaw
Daniel Booko
Steven
Dmitrious Bistrevsky
The Crooked Man

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jesse Holland
Writers: Peter Sullivan, Peter Sullivan, Jeffrey Schenck
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jesse Holland, shot by Bernard Evans. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nick Soole. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Brian Brinkman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Michael Jai White and Angelique Rivera and Cameron Jebo carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "NO SOUL IS SAFE".

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8 / 8

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IMDB entry: tt5979690 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jesse Holland directs. Bernard Evans behind the camera. Nick Soole scores. Brian Brinkman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Directed by Jesse Holland, shot by Bernard Evans. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Nick Soole. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Brian Brinkman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Michael Jai White and Angelique Rivera and Cameron Jebo carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "NO SOUL IS SAFE".
8IMDB entry: tt5979690 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 46 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bernard Evans
Original score: Nick Soole
Editing: Brian Brinkman
Production design: Kalise Wallace
Costume design: Monique Hyman
Makeup / hair: Eric s Wilson
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Crooked Man (2016)

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Wuchak2019-05-03
★ 5/10
Decent but prosaic TV horror with King Diamond as the monster (sort of) A 12 year-old girl is blamed for the death of a friend at a slumber party that was actually committed by a demonic entity called the Crooked Man. Six years later she returns to live with her dad, but the creature also returns to kill anyone in town who was at the slumber party. Angelique Rivera plays the protagonist, Cameron Jebo her rookie cop friend and Michael Jai White a man linked to the unleashing of the demon. Amber Benson is on hand as the mother of the original victim. “The Crooked Man” (2016) is marginally superior to contemporaneous SyFy flicks like "The Hollow," "The Night Before Halloween," "Neverknock" and “Stickman” because it’s not as half-baked and the gobbledygook makes more sense. Everything is taken seriously, which is good in my book, and the demon creature is certainly creepy. He curiously looks like a shaky, tall version of King Diamond in his top hat. Another positive is the inclusion of curvy Dia Frampton as Mia and petite cutie Alexis Wilkins as Alice. Meanwhile Angelique is serviceable as the heroine, but the story doesn’t build up enough drive to give it a higher grade. It’s well done for what it is, a TV horror flick, but it needed more oomph and imagination to pull it out of its run-of-the-mill state. The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal. GRADE: C+

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