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Cold in July
2014
· Movie
· 109 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Every rating
48–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A quiet family man kills an intruder in his home, becoming a local hero. When the dead man's ex-con father arrives in town seeking vengeance, the family is terrorized. The situation takes a sudden and unexpected turn when they both realize the police may be hiding a much darker secret about the identity of the man who was killed.
Details
- Director
- Jim Mickle
- Writers
- Jim Mickle, Nick Damici
- Based on
- Cold in July by Joe R. Lansdale
- Studio
- Bullet Pictures, Paradise City, BSM Studio, Backup Media
- Released
- 23 May 2014
- Country
- France, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $427.4K
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