Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- grim
- tense
- eerie
- late night horror viewing
- dark genre double feature
What critics said
Critics generally found an effective, grimly atmospheric independent horror-crime premise supported by performances, though execution was uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
William's isolated country farmhouse repeatedly receives bodies from gang-related murders in the nearby city.
William conceals and treats Jackie after discovering she is alive, while Gloria's safety shapes his decisions.
Gloria believes the dead bodies brought to the farmhouse are haunting the house, adding supernatural uncertainty to the crime plot.
William holds Jackie against her will, yet their interactions develop into an unusual respect before her killers arrive.
Films like I'll Take Your Dead, and why
The Devil's Rejects
shares rural isolation, criminal violence, bleak humor, and uneasy alliances between damaged characters
Fargo
combines crime-driven suspense, morally compromised protagonists, and grimly comic treatment of bodies
The Strangers
shares contained domestic dread, family vulnerability, and escalating threats from violent outsiders
Calibre
uses a remote home, criminal intrusion, and tense survival dynamics to create intimate genre suspense
Movie Details
- Director
- Chad Archibald
- Release Date
- 2018-10-01
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (194)
Cast
- Aidan Devine
- Ava Preston
- Jess Salgueiro
- Brandon McKnight
- Michael Reventar
- Ari Millen
- Moe Jeudy-Lamour
- Tavaree Daniel-Simms
- Raffaele Brereton
- Adam Christie
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Shout! Factory Amazon 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 I'll Take Your Dead about?
- A reluctant rural body disposer risks everything to protect a wounded survivor whose gang pursuers are closing in on his isolated home.
- What is I'll Take Your Dead like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I'll Take Your Dead as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is I'll Take Your Dead violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in I'll Take Your Dead as brutal.
- What did critics think of I'll Take Your Dead?
- Critics generally found an effective, grimly atmospheric independent horror-crime premise supported by performances, though execution was uneven.
- Which films are like I'll Take Your Dead?
- Films with a similar feel include The Devil's Rejects, Fargo, The Strangers, and Calibre.
- How long is I'll Take Your Dead?
- I'll Take Your Dead runs 83 minutes.
- Where can I watch I'll Take Your Dead?
- In United States, I'll Take Your Dead streams on Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
