Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- sardonic
- visceral
- late night horror marathon
- group genre movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film stylish, sharply humorous, and surprisingly effective as a bloody corporate satire, though its excesses were not universally sustained.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Derek and Melanie fight through a quarantined law office while confronting executives, consultants, and armed security.
Derek is wrongfully fired and forced to challenge exploitative corporate authority during the outbreak.
Critics specifically praised the film's stylish violence and bloody excess, reinforced by weapons such as scissors and improvised office objects.
The outbreak makes people act out their wildest impulses and drives the building-wide escalation.
Films like Mayhem, and why
The Belko Experiment
shares quarantined workplace violence, corporate satire, dark humor, and escalating survival chaos
Evil Dead II
shares splatter comedy, anarchic violence, irreverent humor, and heightened practical gore
Mom and Dad
shares workplace dysfunction, social satire, contagious loss of control, and vicious comic horror
Deathgasm
shares outrageous gore, frantic action comedy, and a gleefully transgressive horror tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Joe Lynch
- Release Date
- 2017-11-10
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (840)
Cast
- Steven Yeun
- Samara Weaving
- Steven Brand
- Caroline Chikezie
- Kerry Fox
- Dallas Roberts
- Mark Frost
- André Eriksen
- Claire Dellamar
- Nikola Kent
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Mayhem about?
- A wrongfully fired lawyer battles through a quarantined corporate office where a rage-inducing virus turns workplace resentment into bloody, anarchic survival.
- What is Mayhem like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mayhem as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Mayhem violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Mayhem as graphic.
- What did critics think of Mayhem?
- Critics broadly found the film stylish, sharply humorous, and surprisingly effective as a bloody corporate satire, though its excesses were not universally sustained.
- Which films are like Mayhem?
- Films with a similar feel include The Belko Experiment, Evil Dead II, Mom and Dad, and Deathgasm.
- How long is Mayhem?
- Mayhem runs 87 minutes.
- Where can I watch Mayhem?
- In United States, Mayhem streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
