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RUNTIME
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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Heartthrob
2017 1h 26m EN
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5.2
MID
★5.2TMDB · 80
DramaRomanceThriller
Synopsis
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Sam Maddox, a troubled girl whose father committed suicide, has earned a reputation at her high school for being a bit promiscuous. When Sam begins seeing brilliant, MIT-bound Henry Sinclair, the two opposites really attract. Although Sam doesn't realize it, Henry is in the grip of an insane romantic obsession, and he will kill anyone who tries to put an end to his star-crossed - and increasingly deadly - romance.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Aubrey Shea
Sam Maddox
Keir Gilchrist
Henry Sinclair
Peter Facinelli
Mr. Rickett
Jimmy Bennett
Dustin
Ione Skye
Jody Maddox
Reza Leal-Smartt
Audrey Bellweather
Taylor Dearden
Cleo
Rebecca Huey
Tina
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Chris Sivertson
- Writers
- Chris Sivertson
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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MONEY
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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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MONEY
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Grossed $90M — a 22.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
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ERA
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Released 9 years ago.
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5 / 8
WORLD
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Aubrey Shea and Keir Gilchrist and Peter Facinelli carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt5701718 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Chris Sivertson directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Grossed $90M — a 22.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
- 4Released 9 years ago.
- 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Aubrey Shea and Keir Gilchrist and Peter Facinelli carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt5701718 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 86 min · 1h 26m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $90,000,000
- Return
- 2250% of budget
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Chris Sivertson
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What people are saying
- prabhushakti★ 4/10
1960 is a great year of suspense films, with two great movies made by two great directors - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Michael Powell's Peeping Tom. Heartthrob reminds me of Peeping Tom, except I have sympathies for Tom, an abused child who developed as a psychopath and committed suicide the exact way he killed everyone while I find it absolutely absurd to show sympathy to Heartthrob's Henry. This movie is based on the feelings of his obsession to this girl, Sam. The beginning of their relationship begins with a conversation of arguments, later dishonesty and obsessive murderes and surveillance. Henry is absolutely head over heels of this Sam, and he even in one scene tells her mother how easily he can use the cup to kill her. His killings are easy, simple and we never see any counter attacks by the victims or police investigation, because according to the director, he's the smartest person. When we approached nearly to end, we see Henry has bound her mother to a chair in the other room for whatever reasons and he, then, invited his love. She somehow discovered her mother, then she helped her mother to escape and we see a scene in the end. I do not see Henry as a smart character anyway, rather a dishonest, disloyal and pathetic obsessed murderer and in Sam, I see a selfish person, who continues to love him because she was being obsessively loved by a teenage murderer, and she ignores all her friend's deaths and lacks a serious conscience.
Production companies
Who made it
Citizen Skull Productions
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2017-10-10
Also known as
International titles
- Una pericolosa ossessioneIT
