Playback

2012
R
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

5.2K

YOUR RATING

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 Horror Horror Mystery Thriller

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.

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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

5.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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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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Featured review

6/10

There are worse horror films around

If you read some of the reviews for Playback, you may notice it receives more than its fair share of negativity. In some ways it deserves it, in others it doesn't. A lot of the criticism comes from how it's been sold. If you read the blurb, you'll see it mentions an 'ex cop (played by Christian Slater) investigating a mysterious killer.' This is simply not true. For a start, Christian Slater's part in this film is little more than an extended cameo and it seems to be a blatant attempt by the studio/promoters to do their best at cashing in on the one and only (semi) big name attached to the project.

The film is actually about a group of teenagers who are trying to make their own horror film when they stumble on a particularly nasty supernatural force that links back to their town's past. In many ways, Playback is little more than a (supernatural) slasher film that loosely borrows from superior works like The Ring. You may even forget that Christian Slater is in the film because his character has so little to do.

Playback is okay. If you can ignore its miss-selling and are just looking for a run-of-the-mill horror to fill an hour and a half, then this one will probably do. Yes, there are a fair few unexplained bits that may leave you with a question mark or two over your head, but, like I say, it's far from perfect, but it just about makes the grade.

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