Black Rock

Director: Katie Aselton
Writer: Mark Duplass
Cast: Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth
Theatrical Release Date: Fri May 17 09:18:00 EDT 2013
Distributor: LD Entertainment
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival

Synopsis: Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls' weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance]

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Many horror films have featured women in peril, but with Katie Aselton at the helm of "Black Rock," the meat-and-potatoes outsiders-vs.-locals thriller -- in the vein of films like “Deliverance” -- the picture is far more empowering and gives the female leads greater substance ...
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Sundance: Katie Aselton & Kate Bosworth Talk Realism Vs. Horror In 'Black Rock'

While the subject of women in peril is about as old as the horror/thriller genre itself, director Katie Aselton, who also stars alongside Kate Bosworth and Lake Bell, is hoping to change the equation a bit with "Black Rock." The movie, which premiered over the weekend at the Sundance Film ...
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SUNDANCE REVIEW: 'Black Rock' Offers a Clever Take on the Girls-in-Danger Story

Survival stories often occupy an ambiguous space in the horror genre, lingering somewhere between misogyny and female empowerment. The "final girl" trope pits a lone, frequently virginal woman against some ungodly threat, both glamorizing her struggle and imbuing it with dread. While gener...
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Sundance Review: 'Black Rock' A Back-To-The-Wilds Slasher With Brains & Bonding Along With The Blood

There is, ultimately, something to be said for the pleasures of a simple, sleek and well-shot run-or-kill-or-die thriller where our heroes, trapped in the middle of nowhere and confronted by hostile locals, strike back to survive. And that, at heart, is what "Black Rock," the second direct...
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