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Population 436

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A census taker (Jeremy Sisto) travels to a small town where the population has remained the same for the past 100 years.
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Steve Dread Central 09/04/2006
3/5
File this one under fun while it lasts, but easily forgettable. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 09/04/2006
2.5/4
...a cut above the majority of its direct-to-video brethren. Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 05/18/2006
3/5
O mistrio mais interessante do que sua resoluo; ainda assim, a cineasta consegue criar um bom clima conspiratrio no melhor estilo Os Invasores de Corpos. Go to Full Review
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com 04/17/2006
C-
The census taker counts the citizens while the viewer counts the minutes. Go to Full Review
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B P @Bradster69 1d Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more J H @UpstateNYThriller Jul 23 6.5/10 Erie, Suspense, Sci fi Movie where Census taker goes to town where population has stayed the same See more Rectangular F @RT87709730 08/03/2025 My favorite movie, why it went to video release and not theaters I'll never know. Wonderful actors,original story, loved the setting and the ending... Very unusual film. I just love that they casted Fred Durst. See more Jay A @RT87849379 10/29/2024 Fred Durst was very good in this. Lame storyline. See more Adrian M @blissyu2 08/06/2023 You know it's a bad movie when the entire plot and movie is summarised in the first 30 seconds of the trailer. They didn't even need the whole trailer to summarise it. Okay, so, spoiler alert, this is about a fictional town which has a population of 436, and needs to stay at 436 no matter what. So if anyone is born then someone else needs to die, and if someone dies then someone new needs to come in. They hate strangers because if they stay the night then someone needs to die. They even have ceremonies where someone is picked to hang, which is a great honour and they smile and say thank you. And if anyone tries to leave then they get lobotomised. And that's just the townspeople. If someone moves past the townspeople then the town itself will stand in their way, by giving them fevers. In spite of all of this, the townsfolk are actually reasonably friendly. Anyway, this is about as boring as a story about a census taker might be. It was a nice idea that could have led to a good movie, only it didn't. The delivery was completely wrong. Maybe they could do a follow-up where the army comes in and tries to kill them all only for the curse to stop them and people magically survive fatal shots or whatever is going to happen. As it was, this was a boring movie. It wasn't scary at all. It was a bit worrying, but yeah not scary. It was a nice concept and a remake or sequel could potentially be good, but this one was not. I gave it 4/10 See more jon s @RT88126683 05/22/2022 It's exactly what you'd expect from a 2006 direct-to-video Canadian horror movie co-staring Fred Durst. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A census taker (Jeremy Sisto) travels to a small town where the population has remained the same for the past 100 years.
Director
Michelle MacLaren
Production Co
Pariah Films
Rating
R (Violence|Brief Sexuality)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 25, 2011
Runtime
1h 32m
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