Suburban Gothic 2014

This dead end town just got a lot deader.

5.5 / 10   124 vote(s)
R
Horror Comedy

An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town.

Release Date 2014-07-19
Runtime 1h 30m
Directors Richard Bates Jr., Lucas Lee Graham
Producers Steve Ansell, Richard Bates Jr., Yvonne Valdez, Dylan Hale Lewis
Writers Richard Bates Jr., Mark Bruner

Decent watch, could watch again, but can't recommend.

I watched this excited to see Kat Dennings in a movie again, but she really ends up playing second fiddle to Matthew Gray Gubler who basically carries the movie. While he actually seems like a good actor and was able to add a flavor to his character that I couldn't tell that if it was just him shining through, the truth of the character or he elevated the character with a special twist, so this puts him on my to watch out for list.

The story itself is really lackluster. There are a lot of familiar faces, and the minute to minute is generally pretty entertaining, but the weirdness of finding a hidden kiddie coffin and trying to lay a ghost to rest gets weird when it's stretched over a long period of time without getting intense.

I'm all for different, and I can't call this bad, but there are so many other good things to watch instead.

Kamurai