Playback (2011)

15% of users liked it
(288 ratings)

While digging into their town's infamous past, a group of high school students unwittingly unlock an even darker secret. Now, an evil spirit has been awakened and will stop at nothing to find his true heir. -- (C) Magnolia

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Michael A. Nickles
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Horror

In Theaters: Mar 9, 2012 Limited
On DVD: May 7, 2012
Studio: Magnolia Releasing

Critic Reviews

Annlee Ellingson, Paste Magazine
Playback takes a potentially intriguing concept and punctuates it with extreme gore rather than thrilling suspense.
Scott Weinberg, FEARnet
On the bright side, the movie gets less irritating with each passing murder.
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Playback posits cinema as a conduit for Satanic evil, but has nothing to say about the act of watching, except that its uniform horridness functions as an unintentional commentary on enduring pitiful horror-movie conventions.
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
Nickels misses the mark with this design of voyeurism and possession, unable to launch his idea with an inspiring sense of madness or even basic boogeyman clarity.

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Eric H

This awful mid budget horror feels like the worst ever episode of the "X-Files", a dated plot about a teen who gains evil powers by viewing some found footage. There are two movies within the movie but the quality is so bad overall that it's hard to distinguish any of… More
This awful mid budget horror feels like the worst ever episode of the "X-Files", a dated plot about a teen who gains evil powers by viewing some found footage. There are two movies within the movie but the quality is so bad overall that it's hard to distinguish any of them. Christian Slater looks relatively healthy again so his mum might like watching this, nobody else will.