John Dies at the End (2012)

50% of critics liked it
(6 reviews)
99% want to see it
(173 ratings)

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… More 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? No. No, they can't. -- (C) Official Site

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By: Don Coscarelli
Written By: Don Coscarelli, David Wong
Genres: Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Critic Reviews

Rob Nelson, Variety
Give or take the titular disclosure, John Dies at the End is a thoroughly unpredictable horror-comedy -- and an immensely entertaining one, too.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Horror-comedy from Phantasm director starts with a bang but quickly loses speed.
Michael Nordine, Film Threat
What it expects of the audience is disproportionate to what it offers.
Chris Bumbray, JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Strikes me as a work-in-progress, but as it stands, the film isn't very good. However, the first forty minutes are terrific, and the two leads are great.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
It's a mess, but its best moments are exhilarating, getting hopelessly lost in Pargin's surreal, completely disorienting world.
Drew McWeeny, HitFix
I think it's a movie with real mainstream possibilities, even if it is willfully strange.