Some Kind of Hate (film)
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Directed by | Adam Egypt Mortimer |
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Cinematography | Benji Bakshi |
Edited by | Josh Ethier |
Music by | Robert Allaire |
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Distributed by | RLJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $200,000[1] |
Some Kind of Hate is a 2015
Plot
Troubled teenager Lincoln Taggert is sent to Mind’s Eye Academy reform camp after stabbing a bully in the face with a fork. Former students Krauss and Christine assist head guru Jack Iverson with teaching at the New Age disciplinary camp. Isaac is assigned as Lincoln’s roommate and the two boys become friends. Kaitlin takes a romantic interest in Lincoln.
Following a fight with camp bully Willie, Lincoln wishes his tormenters were dead. He hears a girl’s voice as blood begins dripping from the ceiling. Willie is attacked by a ghostly girl. Kaitlin finds Willie dead from apparent self-inflicted wounds, along with the word “bully” carved into his arm. Lincoln begins seeing visions of the ghost and learns that her name is Moira.
Moira attacks Willie’s sidekick Derek. Isaac’s research reveals that the girl is Moira Karp, a bullied teenager who supposedly killed herself while attending Mind’s Eye Academy. Lincoln pleads with Moira to stop, but Moira counters that she is only doing what Lincoln wanted. Moira is able to harm others by harming herself; when she slits her own throat, Derek dies from the wound.
Lincoln is upset when Kaitlin confesses that she used to be a bully who regrettably drove a classmate to suicide. Moira tells Lincoln that his anger brought her back and together their vengeance can be unstoppable. When Lincoln tells Moira that he doesn’t need her anymore, Moira’s skin bubbles with blood and she doubles over in pain. She flees screaming.
Moira cuts herself so that Kaitlin can experience the pain. The sheriff is supernaturally killed. Moira confronts Iverson, who says that Moira gave them no choice before hitting her over the head. However, the wound appears on Iverson’s head instead and he collapses. Moira breaks her teeth on a rock to further torture Iverson.
Krauss tries leaving, but discovers that Kaitlin slashed his tires. Moira kills Krauss, then bashes her head to kill Isaac. Christine confronts Lincoln at gunpoint over presumably murdering Willie and restrains him to a faucet. Kaitlin finds Moira cutting fellow student Samantha. She protests Samantha’s innocence in the bullying, but Moira continues torturing the girl. Kaitlin angrily insists that she no longer needs Moira.
Moira confronts Christine about lying to her parents regarding how she actually died. It is revealed that Christine actually killed her. Krauss and Iverson were witnesses who aided with the suicide cover-up. Christine shoots Moira but ends up blowing off her own head. Kaitlin professes her love to Lincoln and frees him. Together they confront Moira. When Moira begins gaining the upper hand against Kaitlin, Lincoln sets himself on fire to kill Moira. Kaitlin puts out the flames on Lincoln’s dead body and angrily uses the fire extinguisher to bash in Moira’s head.
In a mid-credits scene, a young girl in a high school bathroom wishes for her tormenters be dead, inadvertently summoning Moira.
Cast
- Ronen Rubinstein as Lincoln Taggert
- Grace Phippsas Kaitlin
- Maestro Harrell as Willie
- Lexi Atkins as Christine
- Sierra McCormick as Moira
- Noah Segan as Krauss
- Brando Eaton as Derek
- Spencer Breslin as Isaac
- Michael Polishas Jack Iverson
- Andrew Bryniarski as Lincoln's Father
- Justin Prentice as Jim Greene
- Jeremy "JHawk" Hawkins as Bud
- Jasper Polish as Samantha
- Matt Beene as Eric
- Josh Ethier as Driver
- Dave Reeves as Sheriff
- Imani Hakim as Jacqueline
Production
Development
While writing an adaptation of Brian DeLeeuw's In This Way I Was Saved in 2011, Adam Egypt Mortimer and DeLeeuw sidelined the
Pre-production
In April 2014, Some Kind of Hate was officially announced along with the castings of Ronen Rubinstein,
Filming
Production began in
Filming was at one point slated to begin in Vancouver in summer 2013 with a budget of $2 million. An entire crew and cast of different actors were assembled, however, the money never came through. Mortimer moved to Washington in the meantime while production was stalled. Eventually Mortimer and his team went back to California to make the film.[13]
Release
Some Kind of Hate debuted at the
Home media
The film was released on blu-ray and DVD on November 3, 2015.[15]
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Some Kind of Hate holds an approval rating of 38% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 4.57/10.[16] On Metacritic, the film holds an average score of 28 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[17]
Scott Weinberg of Nerdist called the film "brutal, disturbing, and sometimes tragic, but it’s also a pointed, angry film that has a lot to say about the nature of “psychological predators” and their victims."[18] For Bloody Disgusting, Mike Wilson said "Some Kind Of Hate deserves more praise than complaint, however. The acting is largely well done, and the script by Mortimer and DeLeeuw definitely attempt to give the characters more dimension than what you’d normally expect from a film like this."[19]
Helen T. Verongos, writing for
References
- ^ Adam Green; Joe Lynch (August 26, 2019). "The Movie Crypt Episode 326: Adam Egypt Mortimer". MovieCrypt. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Siegemund-Broka, Austin (April 28, 2015). "Some Kind of Hate Teaser Introduces "Feminist Slasher" Character (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Hughes, Kat (February 6, 2020). "Interview: Adam Egypt Mortimer Talks Daniel Isn't Real, Archenemy And More". TheHollywoodNews. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Smith, Jerry (November 26, 2019). "Exclusive Interview with Daniel Isn't Real Director Adam Egypt Mortimer". Dread Central. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Dickson, Evan (April 30, 2015). "Stanley Film Festival 2015: Adam Egypt Mortimer Talks Some Kind of Hate". Collider. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Kit, Borys (April 28, 2014). "Vampire Diaries, A.N.T. Farm Actors to Star in Horror Movie Some Kind of Hate". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ McNary, Dave (April 28, 2014). "Disney Star Sierra McCormick Set for Horror Movie Some Kind of Hate". Variety. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Dickson, Evan (April 28, 2014). "New Slasher Some Kind Of Hate Completes Casting, Starts Shooting This Week". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Whittington, James (August 29, 2015). "Interview With Adam Egypt Mortimer Director Of Some Kind Of Hate". Horror Channel. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Mortimer, Adam (2019). Daniel Isn't Real Director's Commentary (Audio Commentary). Samuel Goldwyn Films.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (April 28, 2014). "Disney Star Sierra McCormick Cast in Slasher Film Some Kind of Hate". TheWrap. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Dickson, Evan (May 19, 2014). "Some Kind Of Hate New Image and Set Visit Tease (Exclusive)!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Adam Green; Joe Lynch (August 26, 2019). "The Movie Crypt Episode 326: Adam Egypt Mortimer". MovieCrypt. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ Clark, Travis (May 4, 2015). "Image Entertainment Acquires Indie Horror Some Kind of Hate". IndieWire. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Juvinall, Michael (October 14, 2015). "Supernatural Slasher Some Kind of Hate Haunts Blu-Ray & DVD On November 3!". Horror Society. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ "Some Kind of Hate (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ "Some Kind of Hate Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Weinberg, Scott (August 23, 2015). "Review: Some Kind of Hate is a Horror Movie Every Bully Should See". Nerdist. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Mike (October 12, 2015). "[Review] 'Some Kind Of Hate' is Conflicting With its Subject, Characters". bloody Disgusting. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Vorongos, Helen (September 17, 2015). "Review: Some Kind of Hate, a Bullying-Revenge Slasher Tale". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Schager, Nick (September 15, 2015). "Teen Horror Flick Some Kind of Hate Is Brooding and Unbearable". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ Goldstein, Gary (September 17, 2015). "Review: There's just no sense to Some Kind of Hate". LA Times. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
External links
- Some Kind of Hate at IMDb
- Some Kind of Hate' on The Numbers