John Dies at the End

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  • Opened January 25, 2013 
  • 1 hr 39 min
  • R | Gore, Drug Content, Bloody Violence, Language and Nudity
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says not for kids. More on child suitability

  • It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? Full synopsis

  • Cast: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman
  • Director: Don Coscarelli
  • Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Joe Williams

Some of the themes and the hallucinatory special effects are reminiscent of Cronenberg’s “Naked Lunch,” and there are cheeky allusions to “Dawn of the Dead” and even “Eyes Wide Shut,” but a viewer with an open mind might say that this midnight-style movie is more enjoyable than any of them. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

John Dies at the End isn't deep. But it is deeply amusing, in the sickest possible way. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

This loopy slacker horror farce is so intent on playing with your head — and time, and space, and paranoid conspiracy theories — that it doesn’t care about making sense. Which doesn’t stop the film from being a pretty good bad time. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Coscarelli junkies won't be bothered by the film's herky-jerky rhythms. Go for the freaky fun of it, though a little soy sauce on the side sure wouldn't hurt. Read full review

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Paul Giamatti in "John Dies at the End."