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Playback

  • 2012
  • R
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
5.2K
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Playback (2012)
A group of high school students unwittingly release an evil spirit who will stop at nothing to find his true heir.
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Supernatural HorrorHorrorMysteryThriller

A teenager investigates the case of a missing local baby, though he discovers a dark secret that has been unleashed in his town, and an evil spirit that will stop at nothing to find its heir... Read allA teenager investigates the case of a missing local baby, though he discovers a dark secret that has been unleashed in his town, and an evil spirit that will stop at nothing to find its heir.A teenager investigates the case of a missing local baby, though he discovers a dark secret that has been unleashed in his town, and an evil spirit that will stop at nothing to find its heir.

  • Director
    • Michael A. Nickles
  • Writer
    • Michael A. Nickles
  • Stars
    • Christian Slater
    • Ambyr Childers
    • Toby Hemingway
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    5.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael A. Nickles
    • Writer
      • Michael A. Nickles
    • Stars
      • Christian Slater
      • Ambyr Childers
      • Toby Hemingway
    • 56User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Christian Slater
    Christian Slater
    • Frank Lyons
    Ambyr Childers
    Ambyr Childers
    • Riley
    Toby Hemingway
    Toby Hemingway
    • Quinn
    Jonathan Keltz
    Jonathan Keltz
    • Nate
    Luke Bonczyk
    • Harlan Diehl
    Jana Veldheer
    • Susie Diehl
    Johnny Pacar
    Johnny Pacar
    • Julian Miller
    Alessandra Torresani
    Alessandra Torresani
    • Brianna Baker
    Jennifer Missoni
    Jennifer Missoni
    • DeeDee Baker
    Dorien Davies
    Dorien Davies
    • Ms. Milton
    Kenny Stevenson
    • Co-Worker
    Mark Metcalf
    Mark Metcalf
    • Chris Safford
    Bernard McConnell
    • Cop
    Lisa Jane Todd
    Lisa Jane Todd
    • Anne Miller
    Daryl Mitchell
    Daryl Mitchell
    • Wylie
    • (as Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell)
    Matt Braaten
    • Detective
    Stephanie Webb
    • Newscaster
    Brian Erickson
    • Keg Stand Assistant #2
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael A. Nickles
    • Writer
      • Michael A. Nickles
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    User reviews56

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    5Its1917hrs

    Copy/Pasted and done before

    First pet peeve with movies like this is 30 year olds playing teenagers. C'mon! Furthermore, don't get fooled by the reviews written by people of the production company or "friends of the director", this movie really isn't worth anything more than a 4 to 5.

    A federal law should prevent any more Japanese style horror movies. It's done! Go sit in the corner with the found footage films and the creature features and if you ask me, the highschool road movie.

    So here it goes again. Mundane, predictable, the copy of the copy of the copy. It might be nice as a background movie while you are cleaning your fridge don't spend a Saturday night on it.
    5Thrill_KillZ

    Playback will never hit Theaters

    I was not expecting much but the coming to theaters March 3rd post gave me some hope and I also thought it would be kind of like "The Ring", but this is just another DTV ball of crap. The acting was harsh and the characters were so random and extremely hard to care for. Half the time I could barely even recognize who was getting offed so the empathy scale is a 0. So many questions are left unanswered and plot points unexplained. The adding of Christian Slater's character just cheapened the entire film, when is the last time one of his movies hit the big screen? I really usually love & enjoy horror/thrillers but this one seemed really forced with very little thought in the direction area. Of course the ending is just another cheap horror cliché, with their intent for a sequel already primed I'm sure. If you have nothing to do go for it , but I warned you. This is a VERY generous 5/10

    Just to be fair, movies I watch on the net I add a extra point to just to put things in the right prospective.
    5aronharde

    Not great but watchable

    This is a low budget genre flick that has countless flaws but also a rather interesting story and a decent payoff. You could tell that the budget was not very high which honestly kind of drags the movies watching experience down. The acting is okayish and the effects are somewhere between good and pretty bad at times. The movie definitely borrows some material from other more famous flicks but never straight up copies anything and tries to be its own twisted little story. Overall it's decent and if the plot synopsis sounds interesting to you, you might enjoy this, however don't expect something great out of this because it is not. [4,7/10]
    4kannibalcorpsegrinder

    Lame, exceptionally weak possession killer

    When a group of film students attempt to document the brutal history of their town's past, they unleash the evil spirit which inspired the rampage and must stop it's current rampage before it exposes the secret behind it's existence.

    This is overall a pretty lame and barely worthwhile effort. The only true sense of credit that this one really has is it's plot line about the body-hopping spirit that can only be transfered through video, which is pretty creepy and doesn't get used often-enough as a concept since it generates some really impressive moments here and there of the possessed beings out and about with their unknowing victims. Otherwise, this here is a gory, low-budget boring mess that seems to fling itself around in ten different directions without any sort of inner compass to determine what it wants to do, a low-budget feel that never lets it's full scope become apparent despite the feel it's going for and a laid-back pace that rarely lets on it's a horror film and never really goes for any sort of excitement or enjoyability. A true let-down and not really worth it.

    Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity and underage drinking.
    1maximum_2083

    i was happy before this came along

    The only thing great about this movie is probably the over rated movie poster. The movie itself was absolute crap with glitter wrapping on it. i hope to never ever come across another load of crap again. The plot was none existent, the characters where incredibly watered down to the point where you will find yourself not caring about them at any level and the scares where just loud noises like a loud truck or dog suddenly barking. This is not even a movie you consider if you where bored. Majority of the time i found myself looking away from screen and just wondering how the directors can get away with releasing movie like this. At the end of it i felt i had wasted over 1:30 minutes of my life for no reason. Do your self a favor and don't bother watching this crap.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Wylie tells Julian all the people in Louis Le Prince's 2-second film 'Round Hay Garden Scene' died as soon as they made the movie. In reality, only Le Prince's mother-in-law, Sarah Whitley, died after making the film, 10 days later.
    • Goofs
      When Quinn films himself at the end, the camera pans down from the house to his face. When Julien watches the video, the camera pans up from the ground to Quinn's face.
    • Quotes

      Julian Miller: He was adopted? It says Harlan's real parents died when he was four, born in New York, bounced around foster homes until the Diehl family adopted him.

      Riley: Well yeah, a lot of poor families do it for subsidy money.

      Julian Miller: His real name is Harlan Prince, descendant of the mysterious Louis Le Prince.

      Riley: Mysterious who?

      Julian Miller: Louis Le Prince.

      Riley: Never heard of him.

      Julian Miller: Well that's why he's mysterious.

    • Connections
      Features Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
    • Soundtracks
      Forever and a Day
      Written by Johnny Pacar

      Performed by Forever the Day

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Playback: Bloodline
    • Filming locations
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fontenay Films Ltd.
      • Bennett-Robbins Productions
      • Emmett/Furla Oasis Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $264
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $252
      • Mar 18, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $57,587
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 38m(98 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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