Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- visceral
- darkly humorous
- midnight horror marathon
- gore night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an entertaining, fast-moving, graphically inventive throwback slasher despite weak logic, contrived coincidences, and limited originality.
What sets it apart
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The plot and keywords foreground impalement, severed heads, head trauma, slaughter, and other graphic kill sequences.
The Girl and her companions spend the night evading a technologically equipped serial murderer in an isolated rural town.
The Girl awakens in a casket with a head injury and no memory of who she is, forcing her to reconstruct her circumstances while escaping the killer.
Critical reception explicitly characterizes the film as an 1980s-style throwback with unexpected weird humor and familiar slasher mechanics.
Films like Laid to Rest, and why
Hatchet
shares the splatter slasher tradition, relentless killer pursuit, and graphic practical gore
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
combines an isolated rural setting, an unstoppable masked murderer, and heightened kill-piece suspense
High Tension
features an amnesiac survivor, a mystery-driven chase, and violent psychological horror
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
evokes an 1980s-style throwback slasher through colorful characters, dark humor, and elaborate kills
Movie Details
- Director
- Robert Hall
- Release Date
- 2009-03-18
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (238)
Cast
- Bobbi Sue Luther
- Kevin Gage
- Lena Headey
- Sean Whalen
- Richard Lynch
- Johnathon Schaech
- Thomas Dekker
- Nick Principe
- Jana Kramer
- Lucas Till
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Laid to Rest about?
- A memoryless survivor battles through one blood-soaked night while a technologically savvy serial killer turns the hunt into a grotesque game.
- What is Laid to Rest like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Laid to Rest as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Laid to Rest violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Laid to Rest as graphic.
- What did critics think of Laid to Rest?
- Critics broadly found the film an entertaining, fast-moving, graphically inventive throwback slasher despite weak logic, contrived coincidences, and limited originality.
- Which films are like Laid to Rest?
- Films with a similar feel include Hatchet, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, High Tension, and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
- How long is Laid to Rest?
- Laid to Rest runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Laid to Rest?
- In United States, Laid to Rest streams on MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
