In Their Skin (2012)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 6
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Following the tragic death of their young daughter, the Hughes family decide to escape to their upscale vacation home in the woods. But their attempt to get some quality time together is violently interrupted when a neighboring family with a hidden agenda drops by for dinner. First-time director Jeremy Regimbal builds tension to a calculated and ultimately brutal crescendo in this home-invasion thriller. Starring Selma Blair, Joshua Close, James D'Arcy, and Rachel Miner. -- (C) Tribeca
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Cast
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Selma Blair
Mary Hughes -
Joshua Close
Mark Hughes -
James D'Arcy
Bobby Sakowski -
Rachel Miner
Jane Sakowski -
Quinn Lord
Brendon Hughes -
Alex Ferris
Jared Sakowski -
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (6)
An unnerving home-invasion thriller.
Top CriticGood performances and atmospheric direction aren't quite enough to elevate this home-invasion thriller above genre clichés.
Dies a horrible death in the second half, which is a crying shame when the opening is so strong and uniquely disturbing.
The most frustrating thing about Jeremy Power Regimbal's directorial debut is there's part of a very effective thriller here. It's just not the good part.
Sadly, Jeremy Power Regimbal's intense drama doesn't offer anything significant to a horror genre filled with superior choices.
While we can see everything coming from a mile away, director Jeremy Power Regimbal does a great job with [the basic] screenplay.
That the film ultimately reveals itself to be about redemption and the process of healing over hopelessly succumbing to evil also gives the proceedings an added layer of worth and freshness.
An unnaturally clumsy horror-thriller.
Offers a slightly more socially relevant motive than simply "crazy guy wants to kill family," and it works.
Winds up turning itself into just a rote thriller about psychos learning that, appearance notwithstanding, every family has dysfunctional problems.
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Super Reviewer
D'Arcy played the role of Anthony Hopkins in the recent 'Hitchcock' biopic and his resemblance to the 'Psycho' star adds an extra element of creepiness to his role here. Sadly, he's really the only standout in an otherwise dull and cliched affair. The dinner scene is quite tense but the movie's second half does nothing new with its home invasion plot. The film is shot in ugly grey tones which are no doubt intended to reflect its somber mood but it makes for grim viewing in all the wrong ways.
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