Haunt Season

{{short description|2024 film directed by Jake Jarvi}}

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| director = Jake Jarvi

| producer = {{plainlist|

  • Jake Jarvi
  • Stephen Kristof
  • Eliza Toser
  • Jeremy Warner

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| writer = Jake Jarvi

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| narrator =

| music = Rasheed Thomas

| cinematography = Alexander Lakin

| editing = Jake Jarvi

| studio = First Fight

| distributor = Epic Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2024|10|4|limited|2024|10|8|digital}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Haunt Season is a 2024 horror film directed by Jake Jarvi. It had an limited theatrical release for Epic Pictures{{cite news|title=Haunt Season|url=http://www.epic-pictures.com/film/haunt-season|access-date=October 26, 2024 |publisher=Epic Picture s}} on October 4, 2024, followed by a digital release on October 8.

Premise

In the middle of a Halloween attraction, a masked killer begins killing cast members.

Cast

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  • Brent Bentley - Jace
  • Craig Benzine - Seth
  • Ana Dragovich - Taylor
  • Sarah Elizabeth - Matilda
  • Jeremy Warner - Tall John
  • Katelin Stack - Rosemary
  • Adam Hinkle - Danny
  • Tyra Renee - Mika
  • Janet Jurado - V
  • Stephen Kristof - Bradford
  • Cydney Moody - Celeste
  • Rob Scallon - Josh
  • Brent Bentley - Jace
  • Kelton Neals - Zade
  • Tommy Martin - Walt
  • Terry Holt - Stan
  • Richard Grost - Dog Walker
  • Samuel James Howard - Evil Clown
  • Nick Weber - Chainsaw Zombie
  • Nico Gallatin - Trampled Woman
  • Isabella Cernuska - Halloween Sacrifice 1
  • John Mistretta - Halloween Sacrifice 4
  • Taryn McCandless - Pirate Mom
  • Brooklyn Lehman - Pirate Kid

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Reception

In her review on Collider, Emma Kiely rated it 5/10 saying that is "an unscary but oddly affecting haunted house horror movie."{{cite news|last1=Kiely|first1=Emma|title=An Unscary But Oddly Affecting Haunted House Horror Movie|url=https://collider.com/haunt-season-review/|access-date=October 4, 2024|publisher=Collider|date=October 2, 2024}} On CBR, Katie Doll rated it 6/10 saying that "the movie works best as a drama, not a slasher."{{cite news|last1=Doll|first1=Katie|title=Haunt Season Has the Charm of a Low-Budget Indie|url=https://www.cbr.com/haunt-season-review/|access-date=October 25, 2024|publisher=CBR|date=October 2, 2024}}

On Chicago Reader, Andrea Thompson said that "If the drama and the derangement don’t quite mesh, it’s still a surprisingly affecting love letter to the [Halloween] season and those who live for it."{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Andrea|title=Review: Haunt Season|url=https://chicagoreader.com/film/movie-review/review-haunt-season/|publisher=Chicago Reader|date=October 31, 2024}}

See also

References

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