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Salvage (2008)

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A frantic mother races to rescue her estranged daughter after a mysterious shipping container washes ashore nearby, and her entire neighborhood is quarantined in an effort to root out a vicious outlaw. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 16 min.

Horror

Jul 6, 2010

Revolver Entertainment

All Critics (7) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1)

Besides featuring people we can actually identify with, the film itself is actually pretty terrifying

April 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall

Lawrence Gough's horror thriller ploughs its way through its strange plot pretty thoroughly.

March 22, 2010 Full Review Source: This is London | Comment
This is London

A smartly budgeted and often scary chiller.

March 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Radio Times | Comment
Radio Times

It's an efficient genre workout, with plenty of shocks and splats and a political subtext, but most impressively, it successfully combines dread with the domestic...

March 22, 2010 Full Review Source: The Skinny | Comment
The Skinny

Gough can't disguise his third act monster's rubberiness, but it doesn't fatally wound his clever chiller that impresses up to its inevitably downbeat conclusion.

March 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Sky Movies | Comment (1)
Sky Movies

It's a promising premise that soon gets stuck in a cul-de-sac.

March 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comment
Times [UK]

The spectre of suburban domestic angst hangs heavy over Lawrence Gough's horror.

March 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]
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Audience Reviews for Salvage

Horror thriller fails to be exceptional in the hoped for ways, but surprises by creating characters more interesting and worthwhile than you usually get in this sort of thing. Still, it can't help the film's central conceit work any better.

January 25, 2011
Beefy
Steve K

Super Reviewer

Not as SALVAGE as its title claims but it is really a good low budget horror/thriller that delivers good acting, some tension in parts and some gory moments though I think it needed a better conclusion..

May 13, 2010
John2223
John Me

Super Reviewer

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