Amusement

Plot

Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls' childhoods.

Release Year: 2008

Rating: 5.1/10 (5,187 voted)

Director:
John Simpson

Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge, Jessica Lucas

Storyline
As retribution a psychopathic stalker known only as The Laugh attacks the now adult girls who picked on his sick childhood tendencies. Tabitha, Shelby and Lisa become the target of a madman with a serious adolescent grudge.

Cast:

Keir O'Donnell
–

The Laugh

Katheryn Winnick
–

Tabitha

Laura Breckenridge
–

Shelby

Jessica Lucas
–

Lisa

Tad Hilgenbrink
–

Rob

(as Tad Hilgenbrinck)

Reid Scott
–

Dan

Rena Owen
–

Psychiatrist

Kevin Gage
–

Tryton

Brennan Bailey
–

Danny

Preston Bailey
–

Max

Shauna Duggins
–

Woman In Truck

Fernanda Dorogi
–

Cat

Eyad Kurd-Misto
–

Child Laugh

Karley Scott Collins
–

Child Tabitha

Jadin Gould
–

Child Shelby

Taglines:
Your fear. His amusement.

Details

Official Website:
Picturehouse |

Release Date: 9 October 2008

Filming Locations: Budapest, Hungary

Box Office Details

Budget: $6,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: PHP 1,077,053
(Philippines)
(10 May 2009)
(12 Screens)

Gross: PHP 1,755,826
(Philippines)
(17 May 2009)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

USA: 85 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: When Lisa is upstairs in the home of the Laugh, unknowingly speaking directly to him.

Quotes:

[repeated line]

The Laugh:
It's funny, right?

User Review

For the studio pocketbook's amusement, not the audience's.

Rating: 4/10


I wasn't amused with "Amusement".The laughable synopsis on the cover
goes like that: Tabitha,Shelby and Lisa.They're longtime friends on
separate life paths.But they share a horrific destination when a
seemingly innocent incident from their school days comes back to
terrify them.Someone wants payback:warped vengeance…mind-games
vengeance…taunting,shredding,slashing vengeance.Inside a stone-walled
chamber of prison cells and mechanisms of doom,the three women and
other victims face a fierce fight to survive."Amusement" is
terrible.With dumb plot and zero scares it offers nothing even remotely
interesting even for seasoned horror fan.The killer is an
underdeveloped cliché with truly annoying laugh.There is only one
effectively creepy scene in which the emerging female lead is
confronted with a room stuffed with dolls and clowns.The violence is
tame so gorehounds and slasher fans will be disappointed.4 out of 10.